On Memorial Day, Mainers across the state remembered those who died while serving in this nation’s armed forces.
During a commemoration Monday morning in Falmouth, Chief of Police Ed Tolan, told those assembled that, since the first shots were fired in Lexington and Concord, American men and woman have answered the call.
“Take the time, not just on Memorial Day, but every day to say thank you to a veteran and keep the fallen in your thoughts,” Tolan says. “And as a country we made promises to out veterans to honor the fallen and we need to keep those promises.”
Elaina Balzano of Falmouth sang Amazing Grace before a crowd gathered around a memorial plaque. Many had watched and marched in a parade down Route 88 in Falmouth. The scenes were repeated all across the state yesterday to those killed during war where Flags were lowered to half-staff in the morning but raised at noon to show the nation’s resolve.
