Radnor Memorial Day Parade 2024: What You Need To Know

RADNOR TOWNSHIP, PA — Radnor Township will honor the nation's military members who lost their lives in service to the country with its annual Memorial Day Parade.

The parade will be held at 9:45 a.m. Monday, rain or shine.

Marchers will step off at the Radnor Financial Center, 150 N. Radnor Chester Road in Wayne, and head west on Lancaster Avenue and stop at the Radnor War Memorial.

Douglas Felski will serve as Grand Marshall. Felski is a lifelong Radnor resident and a Radnor High School graduate, as well as an Air Force veteran. He has also been a Radnor Fire Company member for more than 50 years and a founding member of the Memorial Day Parade Committee.

Retired United States Marine Corps Reserve Colonel and Valley Forge Military Academy President Stuart B. Helgeson will be this year's guest speaker.

All active and retired military personnel are welcome to march in the parade.

A brief Memorial Ceremony will immediately follow the parade at the corner of Runnymede and South Wayne avenues.

More information on the parade is available online here.

On Memorial Day, Lancaster Avenue between Radnor Chester Road and Bloomingdale Avenue will be closed to all motor vehicle traffic from 9 a.m. to noon for the safety of parade participants and event goers.

Drivers should use an alternate route and drive safely.