Woonsocket Honors Fallen Soldiers with 2013 Memorial Day Parade

Spring re-asserted itself Monday in time for this year's Memorial Day Parade, gathering local officials, schools and the Woonsocket Police Department for trek through the city honoring servicemen and women who gave their lives in service

The parade kicked off promptly at 10 a.m. from the corner of Cumberland & Clinton Streets, marching to Worral Street toward the Korean War/Vietnam War Memorial for a wreath laying ceremony, followed by the playing of Taps, and music by the Woonsocket High School band.

The parade then marched up Worral Street onto Social Street to the Civil War Memorial at Monument Square, for another wreath laying and recital of the Gettysburg Address.

Next was Veteran's Memorial Bridge for a wreath laying ceremony, where Members of the Woonsocket High School ROTC and the Elks Emblem Club will carry flowers to the bridge and throw them into the river for veterans who lost their lives at sea.

Ernest Boisvert, vice president of United Veterans Council of Woonsocket, was grand marshal of the parade this year.