Here's What You Need To Know About The Newtown Memorial Day Parade

NEWTOWN, PA — The Newtown Memorial Day Parade, presented by American Legion Post 440, is scheduled to step off at 9 a.m. from the Newtown Commons, 642 Newtown-Yardley Road.

At about 9 a.m., the parade will pause for about 30 minutes at the Newtown Cemetery where veterans will lay wreaths at two gravesites to honor the fallen.

The parade will then continue into town, pausing at the World War I monument at the Newtown Library Company and then at the Newtown Borough Hall where guest speaker Matthew Allen, Bucks County’s director of Veterans Affairs, will deliver a keynote address.

The parade concludes at the Newtown Legion Morell Smith Post 440 at 41 Linden Avenue.

Temporary no parking begins at 7 a.m. on the following streets:

• South Elm Avenue between Washington Avenue and Centre Avenue
• Centre Avenue between Lincoln Avenue and Congress Street South Congress
• Street between Centre Avenue and Washington Avenue State Street between
• Greene Street Street Centre Avenue

Closures begin at 8:30 a.m. and will impact the following roads:

• Washington Avenue between Terry Drive and Sycamore Street
• Lincoln Avenue between Greene Street and Penn Street
• State Street between Jefferson Avenue and Centre Avenue
• Centre Avenue
• Congress Street
• Richboro Road between the Newtown Bypass and South Sycamore Street
• South Sycamore Street between Washington Avenue and Cambridge Lane
• Newtown Yardley Road between Terry Drive and Elm Avenue