MEMORIAL DAY SCHEDULE OF CEREMONIES – 2024
7:00 AM Genesee Co. Park – Vietnam Veterans Memorial (VVA #193)
8:00 AM Williams Park W.W. I Memorial (wreath laying, rifle salute & Taps)
8:30 AM Batavia VAMC
8:45 AM NYS Veterans Home
9:30 AM Harvester Ave. Plot (wreath laying, rifle salute & Taps)
10:00 AM Upton Monument (wreath laying, rifle salute & Taps)
10:30 AM UMMC – Jerome Center (Memorial Day ceremonies: Invocation; Nat’l Anthem w/Batavia Concert Band; G.A.R. Order of the Day; Veterans Service Organizations Commemorations; Wreath Laying w/Gold Star Mothers; Honor Roll w/drum roll; Rifle Salute; Taps; Benediction; “God Bless America”)
11:30 AM Glenn S. Loomis Grave – Elmwood Cemetery (Legion #332)
12:00 PM Hansen Bros. Grave – Grandview Cemetery (MCL #951)
PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS
Veness-Strollo Veterans of Foreign Wars Post # 1602
Glenn S. Loomis American Legion Post #332
Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter #193
Sons of Union Veterans Abraham Lincoln Camp #6
POST EVENTS AFTER CEREMONIES
OPEN HOUSE VFW POST 1602 VENESS-STROLLO, 25 EDWARDS ST. BATAVIA, NY
LUNCHEON FOR VETERAN PARTICIPANTS OF THE CEREMONIES ALG POST 332,
8960 ALEXANDER RD, BATAVIA, NY
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2024 MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONIES/Parades
ALEXANDER: Parade starting at 10:15 a.m. beginning at the Rec Hall traveling to
the Alexander Village Cemetery (a.k.a. Railroad Avenue Cemetery) with the ceremony
at 11:00 a.m.
BATAVIA: Parade starting at 9:30 a.m. beginning at the East Town Plaza traveling
west along Main Street and ending at Alva Place.
BERGEN: Parade starting 9:00 a.m. from Buffalo Street to Hickory Park with the
ceremony to take place at Hickory Park at 9:30 a.m.
BYRON: Parade starting at 11:00 a.m. from Terry Street to Byron Cemetery with
ceremony to take place following the parade.
CORFU: Parade at 12:00 p.m. from Corfu Fire Hall on Rt. 33 to the Intermediate
School on Rt. 77. Ceremony to take place following the parade.
ELBA: Ceremony at Maple Lawn Cemetery at 10:00 a.m.
LEROY: Parade at 10:30 a.m. from the American Legion to Trigon Park with a
ceremony at Trigon Park at 11:00 a.m. immediately following the parade