PLUMSTED – Municipal officials and residents will honor those who died in military service to the nation with a parade on Memorial Day, May 30.
Main Street New Egypt Executive Director Peter Ylvisaker said the parade will begin at 1 p.m. at the intersection of North Main Street and Bright Road. The participants will march down Main Street to Jacobstown Road, and follow Jacobstown Road until they reach Meadowbrook Lane and American Legion Post 455.
Ylvisaker said the grand marshal for the parade will be retired U.S. Army First Sgt. Ellis B. Dailey.
Dailey, who has lived in Plumsted since 1957, served in the Army for three decades. He served during World War II in North Africa and Italy and was wounded in 1945. He was eventually stationed in Germany and South Korea before retiring from the Army in 1972.
Bright Road will be closed to non-parade vehicles from noon to 1 p.m. North Main Street, Main Street and Jacobstown Road to Meadowbrook Lane will be closed from 1-2 p.m.
Following the parade, American Legion Post 455 will host a public Memorial Day service.
“Everyone looks forward to the Memorial Day parade and the ceremony at the American Legion as a way to honor those who lost their lives while serving our country,” Mayor Jack Trotta said.