Veterans Day parade, film screening set in Jaffrey
A Veterans Day parade and ceremony will take place Wednesday, Nov. 11, starting from Jaffrey Grade School and proceeding to the Town Common.
Participants will assemble at 10:15 a.m. at the school before the parade steps off at 10:40 a.m. The subsequent observance on the Common includes an opening prayer, the laying of a wreath, an address by Navy veteran Bob Schaumann, and the national anthem sung by Conant High School students Eloise Langille and Amaris Ebe. Veterans and active military personnel are invited to march in the procession. Those in need of transportation can contact Marc Tieger at 603-532-8765.
Following the ceremony, the Park Theatre will host a free gathering for veterans and military personnel beginning at 11:15 a.m. with complimentary pizza, followed by a noon screening of the 1963 film “The Great Escape.” Movie seating is limited to 55 attendees.
Peterborough to mark Veterans Day with ceremonies, parade
The Town of Peterborough will observe Veterans Day on Wednesday, Nov. 11, with a three-part commemoration held rain or shine, beginning with a 9 a.m. remembrance service at All Saints’ Church on Concord Street.
The hourlong church service will feature a homily by the Rev. Dr. Jennifer L. Walters, psalm readings by local veterans, music by organist Jeffrey L. Fuller and the American Heritage Girls, and presentation of the colors by the U.S. Naval Sea Cadets. Wayne Thomas will read the roll call of local veterans who died in the past year. Participating veterans include Virginia Moore, John Franklin, Lewis Hansen, Jefferson Allen, Marc Cramer, Brian Barden, and Scott Sleeper. Coffee and doughnuts will follow in the church parlor.
At approximately 10:35 a.m., parade participants will assemble in front of Bellows-Nichols Insurance and cross to the Library Bridge for a sea service ceremony featuring prayers, a rifle volley, taps, and a floral tribute cast into the river. The parade will then march along Main Street to the Peterborough Town House for an indoor program featuring the South Meadow School band, directed by Ed Lowy, and the American Heritage Girls.
The public is invited to all events, which conclude at approximately 11:11 a.m.
Veterans Day service, film screening at Cathedral of the Pines in Rindge
Cathedral of the Pines and the Rindge Veterans Association will co-host an annual Veterans Day service honoring American service members at 10:45 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11, at the open-air sanctuary in Rindge. The ceremony will include a two-minute period of silence observed at 11 a.m.
Following the morning service, the Cathedral will present an afternoon screening of the 2011 documentary “Bravo! Common Men, Uncommon Valor.” Directed by Ken and Betty Rodgers, the film chronicles the experiences of 14 Marines and a Navy corpsman during the 77-day siege at Khe Sanh in 1968 through archival footage, photographs, recorded audio, and survivor interviews. Due to vivid wartime accounts and imagery, viewer discretion is advised. Attendees are asked to arrive by 2:10 p.m. for a two-minute silence at 2:11 p.m., and the film will start at 2:13 p.m.
Admission to both the service and the film screening is free; donations are accepted. Cathedral of the Pines is located at 10 Hale Hill Road in Rindge.