Memorial Day 2017: Wayland Parade Schedule, Service Details

WAYLAND, MA—Take a look at what the town has planned this year as Wayland celebrates the lives and memories of the United States' fallen soldiers. Get your favorite spot on the parade route and celebrate with friends and neighbors.

Wayland's Memorial Day Program:
Wayland's Memorial Day Parade will form at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, May 39, 2017, at the Wayland Middle School, 201 Main Street. The parade steps off at 11 a.m. and proceeds along Route 27 to Route 30 to the Lakeview Cemetery in Cochituate.

EARLY MORNING CEREMONIES
Brief Tributes to Veterans in each Cemetery
8:30 a.m. Ceremony at St. Zepherin's Cemetery (Bent Avenue)
8:50 a.m. Ceremony at WWII Memorial (Opposite the Villa)
9:15 a.m. Ceremony at South Cemetery (Route 27 South)
9:45 a.m. Ceremony at North Cemetery (Route 27 North)
10:15 a.m. Ceremony at Wayland Veterans Memorial, Wayland Town Building

PARADE SCHEDULE
All times are approximate
10:30 a.m. Form Parade at the Wayland Middle School, 201 Main Street
Color Guard of Flags
Boston Police Vintage Cruiser
MDC Police Vintage Cruiser
Wayland Police Escort
Grand Marshall Mathias J. Leopold in Vintage Massachusetts State Police Museum and Learning Center Cruiser
American Legion Color Guard and Firing Squad
Boy Scouts with Flags
Marching Veterans - Service Women and Men
Antique Vehicles and Vintage Police Cruisers from Massachusetts State Police Museum and Learning Center
Wayland High School Band
WSPO Marchers
Wayland Fire Department

Wayland Town Officials and Guests
Ceremony Speakers
Former Town Officials
Wayland Committees and Departments
Girl Scouts

Wayland Middle School Band
Non-Marching Veterans in Vehicle

11 a.m.
Parade Steps off to Lakeview Cemetery via Main Street (Route 27) and Commonwealth Road (Route 30)
11:30 a.m.

MEMORIAL DAY SERVICE at the Cemetery

Welcome
Wayland Board of Selectmen
Carmen Gentile, State Representative
Alice H. Peisch, State Representative
State Senator Richard J. Ross

Invocation
Major Gerald W. Woodford Jr., Chaplain
Boy Scouts with Flags
American Legion Post #133, Wayland Color Guard and Firing Squad
Gettysburg Address
Jaylen Wang, Wayland High School Student

Keynote Address
Colonel Charles H. May, Military Deputy Director for U.S. Army Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center
Noon Flag Raising by Commander, American Legion Post 133 Wayland, and Grand Marshal

Award Freedom Prize
Richard P. Turner, Chair, Public Ceremonies Committee
Musical Selection
Patriotic Music, Joseph Oneschuk, Conductor

Salute
American Legion Firing Squad
Echo Taps
Wayland High School Trumpeters
Closing Prayer
MAJ Gerald W. Woodford Jr.

12:30 p.m.
Parade returns to the Wayland Middle School via Pemberton Road to West Plain Street