Memorial Day event roundup
These soldiers march in unison during the Memorial Day parade.
Saturday
- Community Day in Prospect will include a Memorial Day parade beginning 11 a.m. on Main Street. Included in the parade will be the Prospect Borough-Franklin Township Volunteer Fire Department, and various vendors and activities will be available during the remainder of Community Day, which begins at 10 a.m.
Sunday
- Memorial Day will be commemorated in Cranberry Township beginning 1 p.m. at the veterans’ memorial in North Boundary Park, 1171 North Boundary Road. The ceremony will include a rendition of the national anthem and the release of doves to remember soldiers missing in action and prisoners of war.
Monday
- Chicora will commemorate Memorial Day beginning at 10 a.m. at the Chicora Elementary School, 205 Kittanning St., and proceeding down Main Street. Following the procession, a service recognizing local veterans will be held on Main Street.
- Butler County’s Memorial Day parade will begin on Butler’s Main Street at 10:30 a.m. Included in the procession will be veterans’ entities and organizations. A ceremony will occur in Diamond Park following the parade, honoring county veterans lost in the past year.
- Saxonburg’s Memorial Day parade will begin at 10:30 a.m. on Main Street. Knoch High School marching band will perform during the parade. The procession will end at Roebling Park in the borough’s northeast corner, where a traditional Memorial Day ceremony will occur.
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