March 28, 2024

Dighton-Rehoboth Memorial Day Parade Event Information May 29th

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Rehoboth and Dighton will again join forces for this annual Memorial Day Parade and Ceremony Event. 2015 will be a hard year to beat with the record year of spectators and dignitaries that participated in the Rehoboth Veterans Memorial dedication, but we’ll try. 

This year we have the 338th Engineer Horizontal Construction Company out of Attleboro Reserve Center participating with their equipment and we’re hoping the Massachusetts National Guard can send a contingent as well. The Parade will be in Rehoboth, MA. starting at the Council of Aging around 10:15am and going along Bay State Road leading up to and ending at the Veterans Memorial. All divisions in the parade will have a staging area for embarkation with Boy Scout Troop 13 assisting in the staging of the “Vendors” (participants in the parade). The Ceremony at the gazebo will commence around 11:40am and end at 12:00pm sharp with the lowering and raising of the American flag.

This year, the Parade will be dedicated to Clint Springer II who was killed in Afghanistan and the Veterans Agent, Jake Kramer will speak on behalf of the Springer Family who reside in Rehoboth.

1) The staging will start around 8:30am until 10:15am on May 29th over at the Council on Aging bldg., 55 Bay State Road, Rehoboth, MA. The Parade will kick off around 10:15am.
2) HWY 118 will have traffic control with the North Bound lane closed from the “Cannon” to out in front of the C.O.A.
3) Boy Scout Troop 13 will be taking the lead in assisting the “vendors” on where and how they’ll be staged.
4) Troop 13 will also be assisting in the parking on County Street which will be closed off between 118 & Bay State Road from at 8:00am until 12:00pm along with parking over at the Lincoln School Recreation Parking Lot across from the
Redway Plains. The Rehoboth Police Department will be controlling that intersection from 8:00am until 12:30pm
5) As the parade of vehicles and floats approach the Veterans Memorial, they will turn left onto Pond Street if attending the ceremony otherwise they’ll head straight out onto US 44. Again Boy Scout Troop 13 will be assisting on
staging any vehicles and floats who plan on staying for the Ceremony to park on the North Side of Pond Street.
6) Pond Street will become a One Way Road, East to West from 9:00am until 12:30pm with traffic control at either end by the Rehoboth Police Department.
7) Pending if the new fence is installed along Bay State Road, parallel to the Gazebo, there will be a 10 foot wide gate open for the D-R High School Band along with the public to go through. Foot Traffic Only.
8) Staging of any tactical equipment on the field will be coordinated directly with the VSO pending soil conditions.
9) Planning on having an Ice Cream Vendor and Kim Fagundes Food Vending staged in the area of the Gazebo.
10) The Ceremony is planned from 11:40am to 12:00pm in Honor of Clint Springer II along with every Soldier, Sailor, Airmen & Marine who has worn the Uniform and Swore to Protect this Great Nation and gave the ultimate sacrifice
with the lowering and then raising of the donated American Holiday Flag at high noon.

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