Community Corner

Veterans Day Parade Steps Off Monday

The parade is one of only a handful in the state.

East Greenwich is holding its annual Veterans Day Parade on Monday, Nov. 11, starting at 10 a.m. from Academy Field.

The parade will be led by the “Lone Piper” Aaron Lindo (EGHS Class of 2007) and Grand Marshal Robert Allen Greene, a U.S. Army veteran of both World War II and the Korean War.

A vast array of Color Guards will be joined by our local Kentish Guards and Varnum Continentals, marching along with the Pawtuxet Rangers of Cranston.  

Spectators will enjoy the music of the 88th Army National Guard Band as well as the East Greenwich High School Avenger Band. Also returning are The Firehouse Dixie Band and the Nightlife Marching Band.

Local Boy and Girl Scouts will march along with newly crowned Miss Rhode Island USA Christina Palavra. Numerous classic and antique cars will participate along with the Blue Knights Law Enforcement motorcyclists. Local fire companies will display an outstanding array of apparatus. The magnificent horses and riders of the Providence Mounted Command will finish the line-up. 

After the parade's start at Academy Field, marchers will proceed up Spring Street, take a left at Mawney Street and another left at First Avenue. There will be a wreath-laying at the World War II Memorial on the corner of First and Cliff streets. The parade then proceeds north on Main Street to Town Hall for a ceremony. Festivities will conclude at about 11:45 a.m.


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