Memorial Day *Car* Parade
Memorial Day *Car* Parade
Monday, May 31st, 2021
Time: 9:00 A.M.
Meeting Location: Veterans Memorial Field on Long Hill Road
Duration: 1 hour
All groups and organizations in town are invited to participate via motor vehicle!
Our normal Memorial Day parade is being canceled again by COVID-19. We are however, going to have a different type of observance where we bring the parade to the people of the town, rather than have the people come to see the parade. We will start the parade at the Veterans Memorial Field on Long Hill Rd. at 9:00 A.M. on Monday, May 31st. We are inviting all groups and organizations in town to join us in this observance in a motor vehicle. We will wind our way around town for approximately an hour, covering many miles of Andover roads and end up back at the ball field. We would request that each vehicle is limited to members of the same family. I’m sure that those we are honoring wouldn’t want us to potentially expose ourselves to the enemy. We would ask that all vehicle signage maintain a theme of honoring those who died in service of their country.
The parade route is found below. We will start lining up on the side of Riverside Drive beside the Veterans Memorial Field at approximately 8:30 AM, heading out toward Long Hill Rd. We will leave promptly at 9:00 A.M. If there is more than 1 vehicle associated with a given organization and they want to follow each other in the parade they will have to come at the same time as there isn’t space to re-shuffle vehicles on Riverside Drive.
Go left on Long Hill Rd
Go right on Shadblow Ln
Go left on Dogwood Dr
Go right on Long Hill Rd
Go left on Hendee Rd
Go left on Old Farms Rd
Go left on Stanley Dr
Go right on Hendee Rd
Go right on Long Hill Rd
Go left on Route 6
Go right on Lake Rd
Go right on Lakeside Dr which turns into School Rd
Go left on Hebron Rd
Go right on Townsend Rd
Go right into Townsend Cemetery keeping to the right around the loop counter-clockwise. The lead car will stop just before the loop rejoins the entrance rd. Stay in your cars and wait until all cars have entered the cemetery. Taps and Echo will be played and then we will exit the cemetery.
Go right on Townsend Rd
Go right on Boston Hill Rd
Go left on Hebron Rd
Go left on Route 6
Go right on Long Hill Rd back to the Veterans Memorial Field.