American Legion Post 50 SAL 50 New York USA
1) AMERICAN LEGION COLOR GUARD
2) GRAND MARSHAL - Col. BILL IORIS
3) AMERICAN LEGION PELHAM POST 50 SAL 50
4) MOTHER CABRINI HIGH SCHOOL BAND
5) USS KEARSARGE COLOR GUARD & USN CONTINGENT
FROM NORFOLK, VA and NYC Fleet Week
6) USMC 2ND MARINE DIVISION CONTINGENT
FROM CAMP LEJEUNE, NC and NYC Fleet Week
7) TOWN, VILLAGES’ AND BOARD OF ED OFFICIALS
8) VILLAGE OF PELHAM POLICE DEPARTMENT
9) BLACKTHORN BAND
10) PELHAM BOY SCOUT AND CUB SCOUTS
11) GIRL SCOUTS AND BROWNIES
12) PELHAM LITTLE LEAGUE
13) PELHAM HIGH SCHOOL BAND
14) PELHAM BOOSTER CLUB
15) PELHAM CHILDRENS THEATER (20-25 KIDS, 1 CAR)
16) DRAMA KIDS INTERNATIONAL (20-25 KIDS, 1 CAR )
17) BLUE ANGELS CHEERLEADERS
18) PELHAM CHILDREN’S CENTER
19) KARATE GROUP
20) PELHAM ROTARY
21) PELHAM CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
22) SWORD OF LIGHT BAND
23) PELHAM CIVICS
24) KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
25) PELHAM COMMUNITY RACING ASSOC. (1 SUBURBAN
TOWING TRAILER W/ BOATS. APROX. 20 PEOPLE)
26) PELHAM SENIOR CITIZENS VAN
27) PELHAM JUNIOR LEAGUE
28) UNITED WAY/WOMENS (MANOR) CLUB
29) DANIELLE DANCE STUDIO
30) PELHAM PROMENADERS
31) PELHAM & PELHAM MANOR FIRE DEPARTMENTS
32) PELHAM & PELHAM MANOR FIRE TRUCKS
2008 PELHAM MEMORIAL DAY PARADE MONDAY – MAY 26, 2008 *** ASSEMBLY 11:00 AM THE ESPLANADE IN PELHAM MANOR AT BLACK STREET PARADE START AT 11:30 AM
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Pelham Veteran’s MEMORIAL Day Ceremony Highlights
Pelham Veterans’s Park, Fifth Avenue,
Immediately after conclusion of parade
Approximately 12:15 PM
Monday, May 26, 2008
1) OPENING GREETING FROM POST 50 COMMANDER
2) INVOCATION –
3) RECOGNITION OF HONORED GUESTS (Commander)
4) ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF GRAND MARSHAL
COMMENTS BY COMMANDER
5) AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL
6) GREETINGS & COMMENTS BY TOWN SUPERVISOR,
JOSEPH SOLIMINE
7) READING OF “IN FLANDERS FIELD” BY MIKE BOHN
8) COMMENTS FROM REPRESENTATIVES OF NAVY AND
MARINE CORP.
9) KEYNOTE ADDRESS BY LTC PAUL SARAT US ARMY
10) FOUR SHORT STORIES DESCRIBING VETERANS LOST
IN SERVICE FROM PELHAM
a. Lt. JG Kenneth Hart Muir, USNR
b. Lt. Maurice K. Collette, US Army
c. Corporal Richard C. DiGiacomo, USMC
d. 1st Lt. Samuel Meredith Carver, USAAF
Read by PMHS students: Assefash Makonnen, Melia Bonomo, Chelsea Vander Putten
And Angela Catalano
11) IN MEMORIAM READING OF NAMES OF DECEASED –
JOSEPH DURNIN
(AMAZING GRACE IN BACKGROUND-CAM WHITFORD)
12) WREATH LAYING AT VETERAN’S MEMORIAL-POST 50
13) HONOR SALUTE – LEGION RIFLEMAN – LTC. BARRETT
14) TAPS – CAM WHITFORD, PMHS
15) FLAG RAISING
16) NATIONAL ANTHEM – USA
17) BENEDICTION – TBD
18) PELHAM LARKS –Yankee Doolde/Grand Old Flag/Battle
Hymm
19) CLOSING REMARKS
20) GOD BLESS AMERICA – LEAD BY TBD & ASSEMBLY
Annual Post 50 SAL 50 picture taken at conclusion of Ceremony

Parade Questions Call:
Joe Hall
914-490-4217
Media or Military:
Ken Kraetzer
914-450-9554