Memorial Day honors military personnel who lost their lives while defending our country. U.S. Air Force and Vietnam veteran Gil Rodrigues salutes after placing a memorial flower on a veteran’s grave at Elmwood Cemetery. MethuenLife photos by Nancy Reardon
U.S. Army veteran Bonita LaTorre places a flower on the resting place of a fallen soldier at Elmwood Cemetery during the VFW Post 8349 service.
Members of the American Legion salute after their ceremony at Walnut Grove Cemetery.
Jathan Charpentier, 9, and sister Abriele, 8, show off the Memorial Day Kindness Rocks they found while waiting for their sister Amberlee, 12, who is marching with the Tenney School Peer Leaders. Jathan said, “We’re here to honor the people who died and didn’t come home from war.”
Longtime friends Linda Bongiorno, Barbara Ell and Yolanda Bourassa have been attending the Memorial Day Parade for many years. “I’ve never missed it,” Ell said proudly.
