Don't Forget: Memorial Day Parade is Today

Newtown’s annual Memorial Day parade will kick off today at 9 a.m.

The parade, organized by American Legion Post 440, will start at the Commons West Building on Newtown-Yardley Road. The parade will turn into the Newtown Cemetery for a graveside memorial service to Morell Smith. From there, the parade will go down Washington Avenue to Lincoln Avenue to Centre Street, where it will pause for memorial services at the Word War I monument in front of the .

From the library, the parade will go right onto Congress Street to Jefferson and make a left onto State Street to , where there will be a memorial service and speeches.