JAY/LIVERMORE FALLS — The theme for this year’s Memorial Day Parade is to honor and remember the 60th anniversary of the Korean War.

The parade marshal will be decorated Korean War veteran Gerard Gilbert of Jay. He received a number of medals during his service in the U.S. Army, including two bronze stars.

The parade kicks off at 10 a.m. Monday, May 27, from the Memco parking lot on Main Street in Jay.

Memorial Day services will begin at various war memorials in the tri-town area beginning at 6:30 a.m. at the VFW Post 3335 in Jay.

From there a service will be held at 7 a.m. at the Livermore Falls Memorial Bridge on Route 4. At 7:20 a.m. one will be held at the Livermore Veterans Memorial on Route 4 and then head back to Jay. At 7:45 a.m. a service will be held at the Jay POW/MIA Bridge on Riley Road followed by an 8:15 a.m. service at Jay Hill Cemetery off Route 4. The last service is at 8:45 a.m. at the VFW Post 3335.

Parade lineup is at 9 a.m.

Following the parade, services will continue at 12:15 pm. at the Fayette Memorial in Fayette. A service will also be held at 1:30 p.m. at the Leeds Memorial in Leeds Center at the corner of Route 106 and Church Road.

Organizers ask any veteran, including active duty, National Guard and reserves, to join the parade at any monument for one block of the route or the whole route, Donald Simoneau, a co-chairman of the Memorial Day Committee, said.

There will also be a trailer for veterans to ride in for those who cannot march or walk the route.

Participants in the the parade, besides veterans and representatives of veterans organizations, include emergency responders, RSU 73 high school band and Boy Scouts.

Stops on the route are at Chisholm Square World War II War Memorial in Jay where state Sen. John Patrick, D-Rumford, will be the guest speaker.

Stops will also be at Richardson Cemetery on Main Street, the Grand Army of the Republic Monument and at the World War II monument at the Geneva Hodgkins Memorial Park, all in Livermore Falls. A service will also be held at the park at the Fire Police, Emergency Medical Services Monument.

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