Staff photo/Scott Mitchell Johnson
RAYMOND KENNEDY, commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2599, led a remembrance service Memorial Day at Fairmount Cemetery before the start of the annual parade in Presque Isle. The service and parade were under the direction of the VFW and the American Legion Ray Goding Post 88.
AFTER LAYING WREATHS at the Mapleton Memorial, Mapleton Fire Chief Richard Wark, left, Earl McGrath, Hayward-Frazier VFW Post, and Assistant Fire Chief Adam Rider saluted those veterans who gave their lives for their country.
Photo courtesy of Terry Sandusky
WENDELL HUDSON of Castle Hill, himself a military veteran, sang the national anthem at the Mapleton Memorial Day Remembrance Ceremony hosted by the Mapleton Lions Club.
Photo courtesy of Jennifer Buzza
FIREMAN FRED PARSONS sang patriotic songs at both the Mapleton and Presque Isle Memorial Day parades much to the delight of onlookers.
Staff photo/Scott Mitchell Johnson
BERNARD HUSSEY of Easton throws a wreath over the Park Street Bridge during a Memorial Day ceremony in Presque Isle. Hussey served in the U.S. Navy during World War II.
Staff photo/Scott Mitchell Johnson
GARY FIELDS, above, quartermaster of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2599, played “Taps” at the conclusion of the Memorial Day service held at the Civil War monument at Fairmount Cemetery in Presque Isle, while in the photo at the bottom, taken by Terry Sandusky, Kyle Goupille, left, and Caleb Hobbs, eighth–graders at Presque Isle Middle School, perform “Taps” in honor of veterans at the Mapleton Memorial Day Remembrance Ceremony hosted by the Mapleton Lions Club.
