American Legion Bent-Burke Post No. 10 members and local veterans took part in the Lyndeborough Memorial Day observance held Sunday, May 24, inside Citizens’ Hall. Retired Army veterans Kenneth Fletcher and Richard Herfurth of the Wilton Bent-Burke Color Guard placed the flags to open the ceremony.
During the observance, Fletcher, readers Kimber Crosby and Dylan Ospina, and Lafayette Artillery Company members Capt. Walter Holland and Pvt. Karen Holland saluted the flag as Boy Scouts led the Pledge of Allegiance.
Members of the Lafayette Artillery Company took turns reading a passage from the poem “When I’m Gone” to open Lyndeborough’s annual Memorial Day Observance in memory of member Lorraine Strube who passed away in April. L-R: Capt. Walter Holland, Pvt. Karen Holland, and Cpl. RJ Humphreys. Lorraine was instrumental in organizing the Memorial Day events for over 30 years. 
Cpl. RJ Humphreys of the Lafayette Artillery Company read a passage from the poem “When I’m Gone” in remembrance of member Lorraine Strube who passed away in April. Capt. Walter Holland and Pvt. Karen Holland read the next passages of the poem. Lorraine was instrumental in organizing Lyndeborough’s Memorial Day events for over 30 years and was a former Select Board member. Lorraine was greatly missed at this weekend’s event. Her grandchildren Kimber Crosy and Dylan Opsina look on in the background and later both read poems during the Memorial Day ceremony. 
Participants in Lyndeborough Memorial Day events held on a rainy Sunday afternoon inside Citizens’ Hall. 
Participants in Lyndeborough Memorial Day events held on a rainy Sunday afternoon inside Citizens’ Hall. 
Veteran Kenneth Fletcher reads “In Flanders Field” at Lyndeborough Memorial Day Observance.