BALLSTON SPA — The Annual Memorial Day Parade in Ballston Spa will be held Saturday, May 25.
The Grand Marshal will be escorted by “Ballston’s Finest” along Doubleday Avenue beginning at 9 o’clock across from Carousel Village and continue with a pause for a ceremony held for Navy veterans at the Kayderosseras Creek bridge then continue along Milton Avenue to Front Street where the parade proceeds to the Civil War Monument, turning onto Low Street to Veterans Park.
Hosted by the Village of Ballston Spa, Henry Cornell American Legion Post #234 and the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #358, the schedule of events includes the Placing of Wreaths, a rifle salute by the combined veterans’ Honor Guard Rifle Squad, Invocation by Chaplain, Memorial Day address by our Officer Of the Day (OOD), Remarks from Grand Marshal, a reading of the Gettysburg Address by local Scouts of Troop 1, Flag Raising at Veterans Park, TAPS, Closing Benediction, followed by a reception in Wiswall Park.
