SERVICES AT LAUREL HILL CEMETERY – 9:15 AM
Master of Ceremonies – Kevin Bohmiller, Veterans’ Services Officer
Colors Presented by Reading Police Department Honor Guard United States Naval Sea Cadet Corp – Constitution Division, Haverhill, MA
Invocation – Fr. Darin Colarusso, St. Athanasius, U.S.A.F.
National Anthem – R.M.H.S. Band
Honored Guest – Senator Jason Lewis
General Logan’s Memorial Day General Orders…Mason Haynes, R.M.H.S.
America the Beautiful – R.M.H.S. Band
Memorial Day Address – Barry Berman, Chair, Reading Select Board
Roll Call of Honor – Jill Mayberry, U.S.A.F.
Placing of the Wreath – Thomas Fennelly, VFW Post 685, Commander
Guest Speaker – Arthur MacDonald, US Army, Gold Star Father
Project 351Ambassador presents Governor’s Proclamation – Sarah Bacci
Battle Hymn of the Republic – Taps – R.M.H.S. Band
Tribute Walls on Display at the Pleasant Street Center
49 Pleasant Street
Post 9/11 Portrait Wall “Faces of Remembrance” and the Massachusetts Vietnam Gold Star Tribute Wall. Please visit to celebrate and honor the lives of the fallen. Open 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
SERVICES AT FOREST GLEN CEMETERY – 10:45 AM
National Anthem – R.M.H.S. Horn Ensemble
Invocation – Fr. Darin Colarusso, St. Athanasius, U.S.A.F.
Essay – Aymon Langlois, R.M.H.S.
Memorial Day Address- Barry Berman, Chairman, Reading Select Board
Placing of the Wreath – Thomas Fennelly, VFW Post 685, Commander
Roll Call of Honor – Jill Mayberry, U.S.A.F.
Taps – R.M.H.S. Horn Ensemble
SERVICES AT CHARLES LAWN CEMETERY – 11:30 AM
National Anthem – R.M.H.S. Horn Ensemble
Invocation – Fr. Darin Colarusso, St. Athanasius, U.S.A.F.
In Flanders Field – Ronan Salz, R.M.H.S.
Memorial Day Address – Andrew Friedmann, Reading Select Board
Placing of the Wreath – Thomas Fennelly, VFW Post 685, Commander
Roll Call of Honor – Jill Mayberry, U.S.A.F
Taps – R.M.H.S. Horn Ensemble
SERVICES AT WOOD END CEMETERY – 12:00 NOON
National Anthem – R.M.H.S. Horn Ensemble
Invocation – Fr. Darin Colarusso, St. Athanasius, U.S.A.F.
In Flanders Field – Lauren Seigal, R.M.H.S.
Memorial Day Address – Vanessa Alvarado, Reading Select Board
Placing of the Wreath -Thomas Fennelly, VFW Post 685, Commander
Roll Call of Honor – Jill Mayberry, U.S.A.F.
Taps – R.M.H.S. Horn Ensemble
They, and we, are the legacies of an unbroken chain of proud men and women who served their country with honor, who waged war so that we might know peace, who braved hardship so that we might know opportunity, who paid the ultimate price so that we might know freedom.” -President Barack Obama, 2009
