LEWISTON – The Lewiston-Auburn Memorial Day parade will begin at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at Kennedy Park on Park Street.

Marchers will step off on Chestnut Street, go to Lisbon Street, Main Street, Longley Bridge, around Platz Plaza in Auburn, back to Longley Bridge and end at Veterans Memorial Park, which is between the Androscoggin River and Espo Trattoria restaurant on Main Street.

The parade will include three area marching bands combined to honor America’s veterans.

The Lewiston High School band, the Edward Little High School and Auburn Middle School band, and the Leavitt Area High School band and color guard will join to form The ROAR of the Androscoggin.

The custom arrangement of William Billing’s Revolutionary battle song “Chester” was prepared by Lewiston band director Jim Alberty.

At the ceremony at Veterans Memorial Park, U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, will be the special speaker. Singing the national anthem will be Jeremy Gervais, a college student. The Rev. Barrett Barnes of the diocese of Southwest Florida will give the invocation. The wreath will be placed by U.S. Navy Capt. Dean Krestos of Bath, who is also the grand marshal of the parade and guest speaker at the ceremony.

Mayors John Jenkins of Auburn and Larry Gilbert of Lewiston also will speak at the ceremony. Scot Bradeen of the Lewiston Police Department will play the bagpipe and his wife will play the drums.

Taps will be played by Richard Leblanc, while several songs will be done by the Just Us Singers with Nel Meservier on the keyboard.

The state commander of the VFW will unveil the 11th stone of the memorial, which bears the emblem of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, and certificates of appreciation will be given to Vietnam veterans.