From the Nashua Telegraph, Friday May 29, 1987, page 56.
Nashua will begin its observance of Memorial Day early Saturday morning with a series of wreath layings at various city monuments and cemeteries followed by a parade down Main Street.
Nashua attorney Joseph Gall Sr., past commander of James E. Coffey Post 3, American Legion, will deliver the Memorial Day speech from the steps of Nashua City Hall during a break in the parade.
The first of the ceremonies remembering those men and women who died in war will be held at the Vietnam Memorial, Ledge and North Seventh Streets at 8 a.m.
Other wreath laying ceremonies are scheduled for the Woodlawn Cemetery, Kinsley Street, at 8:15 and Edgewood Cemetery, Amherst Street, 8:30.
The contingent will then march to the Soldiers and Sailors Monument atop Library Hill where those who died in the Civil War will be honored in a brief ceremony at 8:45.
The Navy Mothers Club will honor the memory of Nashua sailors lost in conflict when a wreath of flowers is dropped in the Nashua River at the Main Street Bridge at 9 a.m., followed by an observance in memory of the nation's first war dead at the Bicentennial Monument conducted by the 1st New Hampshire Regiment.
The parade will begin to form on Manchester Street and will step off at 10:30 for the march down Main Street.
Richard Seymour, commander of Post 3, is parade chairman. Led by chief-of-staff Thomas Potter of American Legion Post 3 and Grand Marshall Robert Farrell of Post 3, the parade will make its way to City Hall where it will halt for traditional Memorial Day ceremonies.
The ceremonies will begin with the placing of a floral wreath at the monument to World War I veterans, followed by the Memorial Day address by Gall.
Benedict Hargreaves, past commander of American Legion Post 3 is president-of-the day. Following the address, a 21-gun salute will be fired by a rifle squad followed by the sounding of Taps and raising of the City Hall flag.
The ceremony will conclude with the benediction by Frederick Larocque, chaplain of American Legion Post 3.
The parade will include members of the various veterans organizations and their auxiliaries; active military and National Guard; Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Cub Scouts and Brownies and members of the Nashua Lodge of Elks and will regroup in front of City Hall and continue the march south on Main Street to Lake Street, where it will continue to the South Common at the rear of the Elm Street Junior High School where it will disband.
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