Memorial Day Events

Damariscotta/NewcastleThe Twin Villages Annual Memorial Day parade will step off from Lincoln County Publishing Co. building on Mills Road in Newcastle at 11 a.m., Mon., May 27. The parade will follow the traditional route from Mills Road to Route 1B to the Damariscotta Church with stops for memorial ceremonies at Newcastle’s Memorial Park and on the Twin Villages bridge.

DresdenThe 59th annual observance of Memorial Day to be held at the 1761 Pownalborough Court House begins at 11 a.m., Monday, May 27 at the flagpole on the parade ground.

The Rev. Bruce Alexander of Dresden, assisted by White’s Company, a local Revolutionary War Living History group, will lead the assembled to the Court House cemetery for a program of honor for America’s fallen soldiers. A salute at the parade ground will follow the brief service.

Following the ceremonies, the Court House will be open for tours. Visitors can also picnic on the grounds, take a walk on the nature trail along the Kennebec River, or explore the newly refurbished 2-1/2 mile trail system across Route 128 from the Court House entrance.

WaldoboroThe Memorial Day Parade and Ceremony, Monday, May 27, begins promptly at 9 a.m. with the parade line-up at 8 a.m. at the Waldoboro Town Municipal parking lot.

The parade will cross over Route 1 and follow down Jefferson Street, right on Main Street down the hill to the monument at Pine Street. Veterans from campaigns in World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Dessert Storm, Afghanistan and Iraq wars are invited to participate.

Decorated wreaths will be placed at the Town Office Monument, the Old Library Monument, and The Pine Street Monument. Town Clerk Linda Perry, will carry a wreath in the parade to toss into the Medomak River.

WhitefieldThe Whitefield Historical Society will present a Memorial Day program on Monday, May 27, based on letters written 1862-63 between Christopher Erskine, who enlisted in the 19th Maine Regiment, and his wife Abigail Hodgman Erskine. The Erksine family lived on Head Tide Road in the Ted Jewett/Richard Allen house.

The program will include readings of the letters and performance of Civil War era songs by local musicians.

The observance begins at 10 a.m. at the townhouse, above the town office.

WiscassetA Memorial Day observance will be held at the Wiscasset Veterans’ Memorial, located at the town office at the corner of Routes 1 and 27 at 9 a.m. on Memorial Day, Mon., May 27.