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Area veterans' groups have announced their scheduled observances for Memorial Day, May 31.
In Warsaw, American Legion Post 49 and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1126 are co-sponsoring a memorial service at Oakwood Cemetery, beginning at 11 a.m. Warsaw Community High School Band will perform patriotic musical selections and Pastor Jack Worth of Dutchtown Brethren Church will lead the invocation.
In Pierceton, American Legion Post 258 is sponsoring a parade, beginning at Pierceton School at 10 a.m., followed by a carry-in dinner at the post. The musical group Beans & Cornbread will perform from 1:30 p.m. to 4:40 p.m.
Anyone interested in participating in the parade is asked to call the post at 594-2531.
In North Webster, American Legion Post 253 is sponsoring memorial services at Mock Cemetery at 10 a.m., followed by a parade through town to North Webster Cemetery, for an 11 a.m. memorial service.
Leesburg's Memorial Day parade will begin at 10:30 a.m. at the corner of Pearl and Van Buren streets. The parade will then move west to Jefferson Street and south to Prairie Street. It will end at the cemetery, where services will be held at 11 a.m.
Milford's Memorial Day parade will begin at 10 a.m. at the Shop 'N' Go and travel along Main Street. Following the parade, services will be held at Milford Cemetery.
American Legion Post 223 is a sponsor of the Syracuse Memorial Day parade. It begins at 2 p.m. Monday at Medusa Street on Ind. 13, then west on Main Street to the cemetery. Services will immediately follow.
The parade is open to the public. Anyone with questions may call Dave Palmer, chairman, American Legion Post 223, at 457-3261.
