ICYMI: 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