Veterans Day Parades and Ceremonies South Shore Boston 2024
Here are Veterans Day parades and Ceremonies South Shore Boston
Abington Rockland & Whitman Tri Town Parade 2024
Bridgewater Tri Town Veterans Day Parade 2024
Braintree
Join us on Monday November 11 at Braintree Town Hall to celebrate and honor the sacrifice of our veterans. Coffee hour will begin at 9AM followed by a 10AM ceremony.
Carver
More info coming soon
Cohasset
The annual Veteran’s Day Ceremony will be held Monday, November 11th at Cohasset’s Veterans Memorial Park. The ceremony will kick off at 11:00 AM and will feature readings from the winners of the Deer HIll School essay contest as well as the Cohasset Middle School Singers. A lunch will be served at The Mealy Legion Post after the event
Duxbury
waiting for info
Halifax
The Veteran Services Office will be holding its annual Veterans Day celebration on Monday, November 11th, 2024, at 11 am at the Town Hall, 499 Plymouth Street to honor all Veterans–in the community and abroad.
We are also excited to announce the unveiling of seventy (70) new Hometown Hero banners which will be on display on the Town Green before they are hung-up throughout town.
For any questions, please contact Steve Littlefield, Director of Veteran Services by calling (781) 293-1724 or e-mailing Steve.Littlefield@halifax-ma.org.
Hingham
Veterans’ Day 2024 will begin with the CPL Lawrence St. Laurent, USMC Breakfast in the Hingham Town Hall’s Central Meeting Room (2nd Floor), from 08:30-10:30 AM. This event is open to ALL Military, Veterans, and their families, sponsored by the Hingham Veterans’ Council and catered by Hart Brothers Catering of Rockland, MA.
The main event will begin promptly at 11:00 AM in Sanborn Auditorium on the 2nd Floor of Town Hall. The event will be led by Town Moderator Michael Puzo, with music performed by the Hingham High School Band and members of the Chorus. The principal speaker will be Colonel Robert Notch, U.S. Army (Ret.) He is the current President of the South Shore Chapter of Military Officers Association of America (MOAA).
There will be reserved seating for ALL Military and Veterans. Following the main event, we will parade the colors outside the Town Hall main entrance, and conduct a brief wreath laying ceremony at the Veterans’ monument.
Hull
Hull’s Veterans Day ceremony will be held on Monday, November 11 at 11 a.m. at the war memorial at Monument Square. All are invited to pay tribute to those who served our country. The keynote speaker will be Mike Young (USCG Retired), the father of Justin Young from USCG Station Point Allerton.
Marshfield
This Sunday will be our first annual Veterans appreciation event. SlackTide Coffee will have their beautiful truck at the Marshfield dog park from 9am to 11am. They will be generously donating free coffee to veterans. The team from the Town of Marshfield Veterans’ Services will be joining the festivities as well. They help provide resources to local veterans and their spouses.
Please see parade updates for Monday November 11th
Milton
Our featured speaker will be Capt. Chris “Chowdah” Hill, Commanding Officer of USS Dwight D Eisenhower CVN-69.
He is a native of Quincy, Massachusetts and a 1996 graduate of Tufts University with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, magna cum laude; a 2006 graduate of Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service with a Master of Arts in Security Studies, with honors and was commissioned through the Navy ROTC program receiving his wings of gold as a naval flight officer in 1997. He has just returned from a deployment to the Middle East and will speak on the importance of Veterans Day.
Pembroke
Pembroke will observe Veterans Day on Monday, 11/11, 11am, at the Pembroke High School.
Plymouth
Quincy
City of Quincy to Dedicate Monument on November 9 in Tribute to Veterans of
Persian Gulf, Iraq, and Afghanistan Wars and Global War on Terror
WHAT: Mayor Thomas P. Koch and the City of Quincy will honor the city’s steadfast commitment to serving our nation with the dedication of a new Veterans monument at Mt. Wollaston Cemetery. The monument will pay tribute to those who served in the Persian Gulf, Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Global War on Terror.
The ceremony will also honor the memory of seven remarkable veterans posthumously: Sergeant Charles T. Caldwell (KIA) Army National Guard; Captain Jack Salenius, United States Army; Private Dennis C. Thompson, United States Air Force; Corporal Ciara M. Durkin, Army National Guard; Lieutenant Christopher E. Smeglin,United States Navy; Specialist Donny Nguyen, United States Army; and Sergeant Macdouglas Deegan, United States Army.
“We pay tribute to those who made the ultimate sacrifice in defense of our freedoms and our way of life,” said Mayor Koch. “Each of these individuals exemplified courage and commitment, reminding us of the true cost of liberty.”
WHO: Mayor Thomas Koch
Quincy natives General Joseph F. Dunford, USMC (ret.), and General James C. McConville, USA (ret.) – who both grew up in Quincy’s Merrymount neighborhood, playing military games like “swampies and hillies” on the streets before rising to the highest ranks in the United States armed forces. Quincy Veterans Services; Quincy Police Color Guard; Quincy/North Quincy High School Band.
WHEN & WHERE: Saturday, November 9, 2024
9:30 a.m. – Parade of Veterans: The public is invited to line the sidewalks of Coddington Street, from Quincy High School (100 Coddington St.t) to Sea Street, as a parade of veterans marches into Mt. Wollaston Cemetery for the dedication.
10:00 a.m. – Monument Dedication Ceremony
Weymouth
WEYMOUTH
VETERANS DAY PARADE
Monday, November 11, 2024
9:30a.m. KOREAN WAR MEMORIAL CEREMONY
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JACKSON SQUARE
10:15a.m. PARADE: FROM JACKSON SQ. VIA BROAD ST.
TO MIDDLE ST. TO TOWN HALL
11:00am- VETERANS DAY SERVICES:
RALPH TALBOT AMPHITHEATER
NEXT TO TOWN HALL
1:00pm- WEYMOUTH SCOUTS FLAG RETIREMENT
KING OAK HILL PARK
In case of inclement weather, a brief ceremony will be held at 11:00 am at the Abigail
Adams School gymnasium, 89 Middle St., Weymouth.
Inclement weather notices will be posted on the Weymouth Veterans Council and Services
Facebook page, Town of Weymouth website
(http://www.weymouth.ma.us/veterans-services), all Weymouth associated Facebook pages.
The Weymouth Veterans Council extends its appreciation to all those who are
making an effort to make this a special day for our veterans.