Memorial Day 2016: Wayland Parade Schedule, Service Details

WAYLAND, MA — Considering going away for Memorial Day weekend? Wait until you hear what the city has planned as Wayland celebrates the lives and memories of the United States' fallen soldiers.

Check out an event listing for the parade on the new Patch Calendar.

Here's a schedule of events for Memorial Day in Wayland:

Early morning ceremonies:

The ceremonies will include a tribute to veterans at each cemetery.

• 8:30 a.m. — St. Zepherin's Cemetery (Bent Avenue)
• 8:50 a.m. — WWII Memorial (Opposite the Villa)
• 9:15 a.m. — South Cemetery (Route 27 South)
• 9:45 a.m. — North Cemetery (Route 27 North)
• 10:15 a.m. — Wayland Veterans Memorial, Wayland Town Building

Parade schedule:

• 10:30 a.m., form parade — Wayland Middle School, 201 Main Street
• 11 a.m., parade begins — Lakeview Cemetery via Main Street (Route 27) and Commonwealth Road (Route 30)
• 11:300 a.m., Memorial Day service — Lakeview Cemetery
• 12 p.m., flag raising by Carl E. Bernardo, Commander, American Legion Post 133 Wayland, and Grand Marshal
• 12:30 p.m., parade returns — Wayland Middle School via Pemberton Road to West Plain Street

Parade lineup:

Here's who's marching this year as part of the Memorial Day parade.

• Color Guard of Flags
• Wayland Police Escort
• Grand Marshall First Sergeant Daniel Patterson, US Army
• American Legion Color Guard and Firing Squad
• Boy Scouts with Flags
• Marching Veterans - Service Women and Men
• Antique Vehicles
• Wayland High School Band
• WSPO Marchers (50 feet of space)
• Wayland Fire Department
• Wayland Town Officials and Guests
• Ceremony Speakers
• Former Town Officials
• Wayland Committees and Departments (50 feet of space)
• Girl Scouts
• Wayland Middle School Band
• Non-Marching Veterans in Vehicle

Memorial Day Service:

• Welcome: Joseph F. Nolan, Wayland Board of Selectmen, State Representative Carmen Gentile, State Representative Alice H. Peisch and State Senator Richard J. Ross.
• Invocation: Reverend Allan Baldwin of the Trinitarian Congregational Church, Boy Scouts with Flags, American Legion Post No. 133 and Wayland Color Guard and Firing Squad.
• Gettysburg Address: Wayland High School Student Abigail McCarthy.
• Keynote Address: Colonel Charles H. May.
• Award Freedom Prize: Richard P. Turner of the public ceremonies committee
• Musical salute: Patriotic Music
• Salute: American Legion Firing Squad
• Echo taps: Wayland High School Trumpeters
• Closing prayer: Reverend Allan Baldwin of the Trinitarian Congregational Church