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City of Fall River MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND- 2022 Schedule of Events

FRIDAY, MAY 27, 2022:
The City of Fall River will be conducting a Flag Raising Ceremony at 10:00 AM.
at the main entrance of Oak Grove Cemetery, Prospect St., Fall River, MA and
will be held rain or shine. Public is invited.

FRIDAY, MAY 27, 2018:
The Fall River War Veterans Council in conjunction with Rolling Thunder New
England will be conducting the Washing of the Vietnam Wall at 4:30 PM at
Bicentennial Park, Fall River, MA. To be held rain or shine. Public is invited.

FRIDAY, MAY 27, and SATURDAY, MAY 28, 2022:
The City of Fall River’s Graves Officer and volunteers will be placing
approximately 11,000 American Flags on veterans’ graves throughout the city and
will also place 30 memorial wreaths on veterans’ monuments throughout the city.
To be held rain or shine. Public is invited.


SATURDAY, MAY 28, 2022:
The Fall River War Veterans Council in conjunction with Rolling Thunder New
England will be conducting a Candlelight Ceremony, Vietnam Wall at 8:30 PM
at Bicentennial Park, Fall River, MA. Prior to the ceremony, there will be an
audio and video presentation commencing at 6:00PM and running through to until
the candle lighting. To be held rain or shine. Public is invited

SUNDAY, MAY 29, 2022:
Richard Urban, ESQ and the Polish Kanji Association will be conducting a
ceremony at the Polish Monument at 8:00 AM on Plymouth Ave. Green, Fall
River, MA in front of Holy Trinity Church. There will be a mass held in the
church at 9:00 a.m., with breakfast being served following mass in the Holy Trinity
Hall. To be held rain or shine. Public is invited.

SUNDAY, MAY 29, 2022:
A memorial ceremony in honor of U.S. Army Staff Sgt. James T. Griffin who was
killed in action in Germany on June 11, 1943 during WWII will be held at 11:00
AM, at Griffin Park, located at Fourth, Fifth and Branch Streets. Assembly is
at Corky Row Club on Third and Branch Streets immediately preceding the
ceremony. To be held rain or shine. Public is invited.

SUNDAY, MAY 29, 2022:
The Italian American Veterans and the Sons of Italy will be conducting a
ceremony at the Italian War Veterans’ Monument at just prior to the main
ceremony event at the Vietnam Wall, Bicentennial Park, Fall River, MA. To
be held rain or shine. Public is invited.

SUNDAY, MAY 29, 2022:
The Fall River War Veterans Council in conjunction with Rolling Thunder New
England will be conducting a Wreath Laying Ceremony, Vietnam Wall at
approximately 2:30 PM at Bicentennial Park, Fall River, MA. Prior to the
ceremony, there will be a motorcade into Bicentennial Park by Rolling Thunder
New England. To be held rain or shine. Public is invited


MONDAY, MEMORIAL DAY, MAY 30, 2022:
The City of Fall River will be conducting a Memorial Ceremony in honor of U.S.
Army Pvt. Michael E. Bouthot, U.S. Army National Guard Sgt. Robert J. Barrett
and U.S. Army Spc. Scott A. Andrews, who were killed in action in the Global
War on Terrorism. This ceremony will be held at 10:00 a.m. at Snake Hill in
North Park, President Ave., Fall River, MA and will be held rain or shine. Public
is invited.


MONDAY, MEMORIAL DAY, MAY 30, 2022:
Richard Urban, Esq. will be holding a memorial ceremony in honor of U.S. Army
Corporal David L. Miller, a WWII Prisoner of War and survivor of the Bataan
Death March of 1942, who died in a Japanese prison camp in 1943. Ceremony
will be held rain or shine at 11:30 a.m. at the Miller Green located at the
intersection of South Main and Shove Streets. Public is invited.
MONDAY, MEMORIAL DAY, MAY 30, 2022:

The Vietnam Veterans of America, Chapter 207 will be conducting their annual
Memorial Day Ceremony at 12:00PM (noon) aboard the USS Massachusetts at
Battleship Cove, Fall River, MA and will be held rain or shine. Public is invited.

MONDAY, MEMORIAL DAY, MAY 300, 2022:
The Vietnam Veterans of America, Chapter 207 and the Fall River War Veterans’
Council will be holding a prayer service and military honors at 1:30 p.m. at the
War Memorial Monument located in upper Kennedy Park, So. Main St.,
(across from St. Anne’s Church), Fall River, MA and will be held rain or shine.
Public is invited.

MONDAY, MEMORIAL DAY, MAY 30, 2022:
The City of Fall River and the Fall River War Veterans’ Council will be
conducting the annual Memorial Day Parade that will travel from Kennedy Park,
So. Main St., east on Sullivan Drive to Third St., Fall River, MA and will
conclude at the Fall River Government Center Atrium, One Government
Center, where closing ceremonies will be held. Assembly of parade is at
Kennedy Park, corner of So. Main St. and Bradford Ave. at 12:30 PM and step
off is at 2:00 PM., rain or shine. Public is invited. 

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