Here’s where to attend Memorial Day programs, parades today

Whereas Memorial Day marks the unofficial begin to summer season and seaside season, its objective is to honor the women and men who’ve given their lives serving America. 

Right here’s an inventory of Memorial Day ceremonies and parades in Delaware at present, organized in chronological order: 

• The Harrington Memorial Day parade begins at 9 a.m. on Dorman Road, then runs on Commerce Road.
• The Milford Memorial Day ceremony begins at 10 a.m. on the Milford Senior Middle
• The Workplace of Veterans Providers and the Delaware Fee of Veterans Affairs will maintain a memorial service at 10:30 a.m. at Warfare Memorial Plaza in New Citadel County close to the Delaware Memorial Bridge. 
• At 2 p.m., a service might be held on the Kent County Veterans Memorial Park on South Little Creek Street, Dover. It’ll final about an hour and can honor Kent County servicemen who died within the Vietnam and Korean Wars, in addition to those that’ve died serving within the Center East.
• The a hundred and fifty fifth Wilmington Memorial Day parade, the nation’s oldest steady parade, will kick off at 6 p.m. It’ll begin at Delaware Avenue at Woodlawn Avenue, with individuals marching east to the Civil Warfare Monument at Broom Road. There, the fallen might be honored with a memorial service. 

Betsy Worth is a Wilmington freelance author who has 40 years of expertise, together with 15 at The Information Journal in Delaware.