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Memorial Day events

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Sunday

• Polk Township: Memorial Day event, 2 p.m. May 29 at the memorial at Trach Road and Interchange Road in Kresgeville. If there is inclement weather, the event will be indoors at Salem-St. Paul Lutheran Church across the street.

• Nesquehoning: Members of the Nesquehoning VFW Post 8008 will do memorials at the outlying cemeteries in the town, beginning at noon. They will start at the Knauf Memorial on the Broad Mountain, then continue to cemeteries at the east end of town, the memorial sites and cemetery in New Columbus. The final segment will be at the Hauto memorial by the Hauto Fire Company. Each ceremony will start with a chaplain’s prayer, followed by an honor guard salute and end with bugle taps.

Monday

• Summit Hill Memorial Day parade, May 30.

• Nesquehoning will host its annual parade by the UVO, beginning on the east side of town at 8:30 a.m. Formation will begin at 8 a.m. on West Railroad Street and kick off to travel down Catawissa beginning at 8:30 sharp. Stops will include the Veterans Memorial Monument at three points; Veterans Memorial near Turkey Hill; and end on Center Street in front of the Nesquehoning VFW. A ceremony will then take place at the post.

• Tamaqua’s annual Memorial Day Parade, hosted by the American Legion C.H. Berry Post 173, May 30 at 10 a.m. Staging will begin at 9 a.m. by the old Maff Motors Building on East Broad Street. Memorial service at the Odd Fellows Cemetery after the parade and at the American Legion Post 173 following the Service.

• Lansford Post 123 is hosting a Memorial Day observance in Kennedy Park at 9 a.m. on Monday.

• Weatherly Memorial Day parade, May 30.

• American Legion Post 927, Gilbert, is holding a Memorial Day ceremony at 11 a.m. May 30. It is open to the community.