MEMORIAL DAY PARADE
                                           VILLAGE OF GLENDALE, OHIO
                                                 May 30, 2016
 
The Village of Glendale will commemorate Memorial Day with a Parade and Ceremony on Monday, May 30, 2016.  
This long-standing tradition allows us to pay our respects to men and women everywhere who have served our
nation in the Armed Forces, and to pay special honor to those from our small village who gave their lives 
to protect our freedom.  I urge all residents to attend.  Don Lofty, Mayor
 
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
 
9:00 AM                ALL PARTICIPANTS IN THE PARADE SHALL REPORT TO THEIR ASSIGNED LOCATIONS.
 
Each parade participant will have received, prior to the day of the parade, an assigned number to be used in 
locating their position in the Parade line.
 
VETERANS OF ALL WARS WHO WISH TO MARCH IN THE PARADE MAY FALL IN BEHIND THE COLOR GUARD AT GLENDALE SCHOOL.  
THOSE VETERANS WHO DO NOT WISH TO MARCH MAY STILL ASSEMBLE AT THE FRONT OF THE WAR MEMORIAL.  UNIFORMS ARE 
NOT NECESSARY.
 
Our Grand Marshal this year is Addison Clipson, US Army Counterintelligence Corps
 
9:30 AM                   The Parade begins promptly at 9:30am.  The Parade line will start
                          out from Glendale School and proceed along the route as follows:  
                          South on Congress to Fountain; Fountain to Woodbine; Woodbine to 
                          Elk; Elk to Greenville; Greenville to Willow; Willow to Sharon; 
                          Sharon to the War Memorial.
 
10:30 AM                  Memorial Day Services at the War Memorial on Sharon Road:
                               
                           To the Colors, Jesse Kufeldt
                           Star Spangled Banner, Adele Zuckerman
                           Mayor of the Village of Glendale, Donald A. Lofty
                           Opening Prayer, Father David Fay, St. Gabriel Church
                           Essay Contest Winner, Marilyn A. H. Duke
                           HWB Community Center Community Service Scholarship Award

Remarks:                   Glendale Veteran, Thomas Smith, First Lieutenant, US Army Ceremony 
                           Honoring Vietnam Veterans as Part of 50th Anniversary of  Vietnam War
                           America the Beautiful, Adele Zuckerman
                           Reading of Glendale war dead, Michael Fasoldt
                           Firing Escort
                           Taps, Jesse Kufeldt
                               
11:30 AM              Refreshments will be available to all courtesy of the Glendale Fire 
                      Department and Christ Church Glendale.                   

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                              Memorial Day Parade Essay Contest Winner

     
     Cece Karbowsky
     5th grade
     St. Gabriel Consolidated School



     What Memorial Day Means to Me
	

     Memorial Day to me means celebrating and honoring those who risked their lives to help, protect,
     and save the people of this country and other countries. A day set aside just to celebrate those 
     you know or, more often, those you do not know who help us at home and all over the world every 
     day. It is a day all about being thankful for those willing to risk their lives for our families 
     and their families. 
     
     To me, it also means a day to celebrate and remember those who have lost their 
     lives and to honor their families who waited bravely at home the whole time. It is a special day 
     to pray for those who lost their lives but, also, pray for those who witnessed a friend’s life 
     being lost in the name of bravery and duty.   This day is a time to remember and cherish the lives 
     of those people injured or scarred in battle, whether their wounds are visible or invisible. 

     Memorial Day is not just a time to be sad; it is so much more than that.  It is a time to thank 
     those who served, to cherish the families of these brave men and women, and honor those who lost 
     their lives protecting our country and other countries. If we are just sad, I think we lessen their 
     sacrifices and make it seem like their cause was not so worthy.  What could be a better cause than 
     to protect our country and democracy?  Just being sad, honors their death more than their life, and 
     these peoples’ lives are worth learning from.  All of this is what Memorial Day means to me.
 

                                                  OTHER WINNERS

                                Third Place Essay Contest Winner: William Stackpole
 
                                  * We have not been able to reach the Second Place 
                               winner’s family to receive permission to post her name *
           
                              Ashley Labrie received the Harry Whiting Brown Community 
                                    Center Scholarship for Community Service.