Walter L. Bergman, 84, a Navy veteran and member of the Turner Memorial Post 111, cleans up around the World War I and World War II Memorial Stone.

American Legion to remember vets

TURNER – Turner Memorial Post 111, American Legion, will hold its first Memorial Day tribute since 1941 at noon Sunday, May 27, near the Turner Village Church, corner of Main and Church streets.

Walter Bergman, 84, Henry Poisson, 83, and Francis Murphy, 80, will place the wreath of enduring memory, which bespeaks the beauty and the brevity of life and evokes past memories, at the World War I and World War II Memorial Stone.

Sen. John Nutting of District 17 and Turner Selectmen Chairman Dennis Richardson will deliver tributes followed by the reading of the names of the first 18 veterans who chartered Turner Post 111 in 1920. Justin Castagna of Turner will play “Taps.”

All veterans and residents are invited to attend. For more information, call Chaplain Paul Bernard at 225-3285.