Representing Desert Storm, the Vietnam War, and World War II, Oleh Dutkewych, Nancy Cronin, Bill Doe, and Don Green salute as Taps is played during Memorial Day ceremonies in the town center cemetery.

Anthony Fill, Ian Vicherek, and Gregory McNeal of the Immaculate Heart of Mary School in Still River warm up in front of Town Hall before the parade.

Dan Gordon, Miranda DeGuglielmo, and Otto Solbrig prepare platters of pancakes at the Unitarian Church pancake breakfast.

Major Steve Cronin, Peter Johnston, and Paul Johnston do a little pre-parade strategizing.

Sisters Monica, Mary Lawrence, and Cecilia of St. Anne’s House listen to the Memorial Day music on the Common.

Jim Wallace plays Taps.

Band director Brother Peter Mary watches as the Immaculate Heart of Mary School Band marches by.

Oleh Dutkewych, a Desert Storm veteran, places a wreath on the Common.

Guest speaker Colonel Duncan Chapman III urges the crowd to remember and honor the great sacrifice of soldiers injured in Iraq and ready to be redeployed.

Girl Scout Karen Shaw.

Boy Scout Ryan Kennedy.

Girl Scout Nicole Into places geraniums on a veteran’s grave.