Politics & Government
Memorial Day Marked With Parade, Ceremonies
Wreath-layings and speeches held throughout town
Today's Memorial Day parade went off without a hitch, with wreath-layings around town to honor those who served the country, and a speech given at Battle Green by state Sen. Ken Donnelly.
The parade, consisting of the Lexington High School band, the Lexington Minutemen, Boy Scout and Girl Scout troops from Lexington, as well as a number of veterans, marched up Massachusetts Avenue from near the Town Office Building and away from the Battle Green, before looping back to lay wreaths along the route.
Earlier in the morning, before the parade, wreaths were laid at the Lexington Firefighters Memorial and at Westview Cemetery; during the parade itself, Zachary McCann and other Lexington boy scouts had the honor of laying each individual wreath.
McCann was called on to honor the veterans of World War II at the second to last stop before the crowd reached Battle Green. The last stop before speeches were made at the green was to honor Captain John Parker, first Commander of the Lexington Minutemen. At the battle green, Gov. Deval Patrick's Memorial Day speech was read aloud by a proxy before state Sen. Donnelly stood to speak.