The South Shore will join the nation in honoring veterans on Memorial Day.
In Marshfield, the annual parade will step off at 10:30 a.m. at Library Plaza and proceed to the Town Green for a ceremony.
Hingham will have a ceremony in the town hall auditorium beginning at 11 a.m. Monday.
Plymouth’s parade begins at 9:30 a.m. Monday at Memorial Hall on Court Street then continues to town hall for a ceremony.
Cohasset’s Field of Honor Display dedication featuring 1,000 American flags is Saturday at 1 p.m. at Veterans Memorial Park. The Memorial Day parade begins at 10 a.m. Monday at the South Shore Music Circus and proceeds to Central Cemetery and the POW/MIA Square, and ends at Veterans Memorial Park for a ceremony at noon.
Weymouth’s ceremony will be held at 11 a.m. at the Ralph Talbot Amphitheater next to town hall. Weymouth native, Army General Paul Hurley, will be the keynote speaker. Five statues honoring the town’s Medal of Honor recipients will be unveiled. The ceremony will be followed by a concert featuring the Coast Guard Band at 1 p.m.
The annual Scituate Memorial Day parade steps off at town hall on Route 3A at 10:30 a.m. and proceeds to First Parish Road to Lawson Common for a ceremony at 11:15 a.m.
The Norwell Grange is holding a Memorial Day open house Monday from noon to 3 p.m. The event features food, animals, and touch-a-tractor.
In Pembroke, the annual parade steps off at the former Arrow restaurant on Center Street at 10 a.m. and ends at First Church.
Kingston will hold its parade Monday at 10 a.m. at the WWII Memorial then proceed to the town hall Veterans memorial for a ceremony.
Quincy’s Memorial Day parade begins at 10:30 a.m. Monday at 100 Quincy Avenue and makes its way up Hancock Street, pausing for a wreath laying at the First Parish Church, then continues to Mount Wollaston Cemetery for a ceremony.
In Brockton, the annual Memorial Day parade begins at 10 a.m. at the War Memorial on West Elm Street then proceeds to Main Street then back to the War Memorial for a ceremony at 10:30 a.m.
In Carver, the parade will begin at 9:30 a.m. Monday at the Sons of Veterans Hall and proceed down Route 58 for a brief ceremony at the South Meadow Brook Bridge, then continue to the gazebo next to town hall for a ceremony.
Halifax’s parade steps off at 10 a.m. Monday at the Halifax Country Club and concludes at town hall for a ceremony.
The Hanover Memorial Day parade starts at 10 a.m. at St. Mary’s church and goes to town hall, then continues to the Veterans Memorial for a ceremony.
Hanson’s parade begins at 10 a.m. at the Indian Head School, marches to town hall for a reading of the Gettysburg Address, then continues to Fern Hill Cemetery for a ceremony.
In Hull, the Memorial Day parade starts at the high school at 9:30 a.m. and goes to the Gold Star Mothers Monument for a ceremony.
The Rockland Memorial Day parade begins at 10 AM Monday on Summit Street then wends its way to Mount Pleasant Cemetery, then goes up Union Street and ends at the library for a ceremony.
The Duxbury Maritime Academy is hosting a Family Fun Day this Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at its 457 Washington Street school.
Randolph has two ceremonies Monday. The first will be held at Elks Memorial at town hall at 8:30 a.m. Monday and 9 a.m a ceremony will get underway at the War Memorial by the Turner Free Library followed by a parade to St. Mary’s and Central cemeteries on North Street.
East Bridgewater is holding its ceremony at 10 a.m Monday on the town common followed by a chicken barbeque at the East Bridgewater Commercial Club pavilion.
Abington’s Memorial Day ceremony will be held at 9 a.m at Mount Vernon Cemetery.
In West Bridgewater, a ceremony will be held Monday morning at 10 at War Memorial Park.
Holbrook’s annual parade begins at the middle/senior high school at 10:30 a.m. Monday and proceeds to Mary Wales Park for a ceremony.
The Whitman parade steps off at 9:30 AM Monday on Court Street and makes its way to town hall for a 9:45 AM ceremony and continues to the Civil War monument at Town Park for a 10:15 a.m. ceremony.
Bridgewater’s annual parade begins at 10:30 Monday morning on Perkins Street and ends at the War Memorial at the town common for a ceremony.
A rededication ceremony will be held Saturday morning at 10 a.m. for the Massachusetts Fallen Heroes Memorial at Memorial Park on Northern Avenue in Boston’s Seaport. The ceremony is hosted by the Massachusetts military veterans and Gold Star families to honor the sacrifice of local service men and woman killed in action since the Sept, 11, 2001 terrorists attacks. The 50-foot obelisk bears the names of each of the fallen.
