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Memorial Day Parade
Monday, May 30, 2011, 9:30 a.m.
The Memorial Day Parade will be held on Monday, May 30, 2011 beginning at 9:30 a.m. Marchers will step off at Adams Street on Massachusetts Avenue and continue on to Monument Park in Arlington Center for observances and placing of wreathes. From there the parade will reform and proceed to Mt. Pleasant Cemetery. Please note, all entrances to the cemetery will be closed to motor vehicles at 5 a.m. The gates will open again around 12 p.m. This is done to allow the parade to enter the cemetery without motor vehicle traffic.
Observances will be held honoring deceased veterans from all wars at the WWI, WWII, Korean, and Vietnam veterans lots. In attendance will be The American Legion Post 39, The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1775, The Disabled American Veterans Chapter 49, Marine Corps League-Lt. Stanley Benner Detachment, Gold Star Parents, state and local elected officials, The Menotomy Minutemen, The Arlington Fire Department Honor Guard, and The Arlington Police Department Honor Guard.
At approx. 1 p.m. there will a dedication of the Peter V. Carlino Memorial Square at the intersection of Decatur Street and No. Union St. to honor Coporal Carlino who was "Killed in Action" during WWII at the Battle of the Bulge on December 24, 1944. Mr. Carlino grew up on Decatur St., attended and graduated from Arlington High School. He enlisted in the Army on April 6, 1944 leaving his pregnant wife, Evelyn, who gave birth to their son Ronald on June 6, 1944. After landing on Omaha Beach Nov. 1, 1944, his company completed on mission successfully in Holland before making their way to Belgium. While defending a bridge there, Cpl. Carlino and his entire machine gun position were killed by a direct hit from a German tank. Like many of his freinds from the neighborhood known as "The Acre" Cpl. Carlino voluntarily enlisted
in the military to serve our great nation and ultimately made the supreme sacrifice for his country.
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