Memorial Day Parade, Ceremonies Set for Monday
Parade starts at 9, ceremonies follow
Avon’s annual Memorial Day parade kicks off at 9 a.m. on Detroit Road in front of the Avon Senior Center and will continue east on Detroit to the Avon Cemetery on Detroit and SR 83. The day’s events, sponsored by the David F. Schneider VFW Post 7035, will include approximately 20 units in the parade, Maura Andrews, the president of the Post’s Women’s Auxiliary, said. Units should begin lining up between 8 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. “The Irish heritage pipe band will start and then the Avon Marching Band will perform,” Andrews said. For the first time, past and present veterans will be asked to stand for acknowledgement. A ceremony will be held at the veterans memorial at the cemetery where veteran pastor Paul Hendricks will give the opening …
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