Memorial Day services planned in Orleans County

Photo by Tom Rivers: The World War I cannon is shown at State Street Park in Medina earlier this month while trees were in bloom. The cannon is at the park “in honor of our departed comrades in the World War 1917-1918.” There will be at the park at about noon on Monday following a parade that starts at 11 a.m.

There are several parades and services planned to observe Memorial Day in Orleans County.

ALBION – The parade starts at 10 a.m. at Main Street near the park Street intersection. From there the processional goes to East Avenue, and then to the middle school.

A service will be held in front of the middle school at approximately 11 a.m.

HOLLEY – Parade participants will arrive at the American Legion/Holley Post Office between 9:30 a.m. and 9:45 a.m. Participants will line up and proceed towards the traffic light and turn left on Route 237. The parade will go directly to Hillside Cemetery.

A ceremony will be held at the Veterans Memorial Flag Pole, including the placement of wreaths and the reading of the Gettysburg Address.

KENDALL – A ceremony will be held at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, May 30, at the Kendall Community Park where there is a war memorial and gazebo. It is located on Kendall Road, across from the Kendall Elementary School. Kendall observes the holiday on May 30, which was the original day of Memorial Day. It was changed to the be the last Monday of May in 1968 to have a three-day weekend for federal employees.

LYNDONVILLE – A parade will start at 9 a.m. from the parking lot at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church on lake Avenue and participants will march to the library for the ceremony which follows. All participating groups are encouraged to bring a bouquet of flowers or potted plant to place at the memorial stone when prompted during the ceremony.

MEDINA – The parade will start at 11 a.m. at the Olde Pickle Factory building on Park Avenue and proceed to the State Street Park where a ceremony will be held at about noon.