PARSIPPANY — Parsippany is gearing up to commemorate those men and women who served the country in the military, Memorial Day marks the time for Americans to reflect on those men and women.
Memorial Day festivities will start at 9:00 a.m. at the Lake Hiawatha Park with a VFW Ceremony honoring Parsippany service members who died in Vietnam.
At 10:00 a.m. in Veterans Memorial Park, Route 46 and Vail Road, Reverend Bragg of Parsippany Presbyterian Church will conduct the invocation; the Boys and Girls Scouts will lead the Pledge of Allegiance; the American Creed will be recited; Mayor James Barberio will explain the history of Memorial Day; and the history of Flanders Field will be recited by Eileen White of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
An honored guest at the ceremony will be Ed Zelichowski, a World War II veteran and 100-year-old who will help perform the wreath laying ceremony.
A VFW Rifle Squad will conduct the salute, and Taps will be played.
In addition, Siobhan Fuller, mother of Parsippany’s Derek McConnell, who died after being wounded in Afghanistan, will be a guest speaker at the event.
Starting at 12:00 noon, the annual Parsippany Memorial Day parade will begin at Katherine Drive and North Beverwyck Road and end at Volunteers Park.
North Beverwyck Road will be closed at 11:45 a.m. until after the parade between Vail and Knoll roads.
