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Memorial Day Parade
Monday, May 27, 2013, 9:30 a.m.
The Memorial Day Parade will be held on Monday, May 27th beginning at 9:30 a.m. Marchers will step off at Adams Street on Massachusetts Avenue and continue on to Monument Park in Arlington Center for observances and placing of wreathes. From there the parade will reform and proceed to Mt. Pleasant Cemetery where there will observances and a wreath placing at the GAR lot, the WWI/Korean lot, the WWI lot, and the Vietnam lot. The Grand Marshal for the parade will be Harold “Skeets” Vincent, a retired Arlington firefighter and veteran of WWII. Harold served at the Battle of Iwo Jima. Please note all entrances to the cemetery will be closed to motor vehicles at 5 a.m. The gates will open again around 12 p.m.
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