A large group of several hundred people filled Houlton’s Monument Park Monday morning for a tribute to area veterans. Featured as part of the town’s Memorial Day festivities, the service included presentations by guest speakers and patriotic songs performed by the combined Houlton Middle and High School bands.
For the first time since before the pandemic, hundreds of community members joined local veterans organizations in paying tribute to soldiers who gave their lives in sacrifice for their country.
Veterans and their families will be lauded in Houlton Monday, May 30, as part of the town’s annual Memorial Day celebration.
After several years, Caribou’s Memorial Day parade will finally return to the city on Monday, May 30.
Laying Wreaths in the Maine Veterans Cemetery in Caribou, was a way for local residents to honor those who served in the United States military.
When Laura (Porter) Cyr was 15 years old, she couldn’t bear to see her brother Steve leave his home in Houlton to join the Marines and fight in Vietnam.
It was a return to normalcy for the Chester L. Briggs American Legion Post No. 47’s annual Veterans Day ceremony in Houlton Thursday as about 75 people gathered in Monument Park to pay their respects.
Hundreds gathered at the Northern Maine Veterans Cemetery in Caribou Thursday for a ceremony that urged everyone to thank and advocate for veterans, not just on Veterans Day but every day.
Reuben Caron, Exalted Ruler of the Presque Isle Elks, Lodge 1954, announced that a free Veterans’ Day supper for all military veterans, current military service personnel and their spouses will be held on Veterans Day.
Four months after ground was broken, 732 Main St. in Presque Isle now has a structure for what will become the new VA treatment facility.
