Memorial Day 2025: Parades and Ceremonies around Rochester
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — Memorial Day is next week, and communities within the Greater Rochester Area are planning to honor those we lost.
News 8 has compiled a list of Memorial Day ceremonies, parades, and memorials. Most of these are happening on Memorial Day, but some towns and organizations are holding their ceremonies early.
If you know of a Memorial Day ceremony or parade, email us at WROCDigital@nexstar.tv!
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery is continuing its annual tribute to veterans buried at their cemetery. Nearly 60,000 American flags will be placed on every grave within the veterans section.
Volunteers will be placing flags, which will fly until Flag Day. The time for this event is to be announced.
American Legion Post #134 is conducting its annual Memorial Day Parade in Irondequoit. The parade route begins at Irondequoit High School to Town Hall. The event will begin at 3 p.m.
The city's Memorial Day Parade will step off at East & Alexander, heading west on Main Street, and finishing on Main & Fitzhugh.
The parade will start at 10:30 a.m. All streets along the parade route will be closed at 10 a.m. until approximately 1 p.m.
The Town of Chili's Memorial Day Parade will kick off at 8:30 a.m. and will travel across Old Chili Scottsville Road/Memorial Park and to the Community Center's Veterans Memorial.
The Memorial Day Ceremony will follow upon arrival at the memorial.
Fairport announced its annual parade has been shortened this year. The parade steps off at 10 a.m. from behind Fairport Village Hall and will end at Potter Park. A short ceremony will follow soon after.
Any veteran who wants to march or ride in the parade can head to the back of the village hall before the parade begins.
The Town of Gates Memorial Day Service will be held on the front lawn of Gates Town Hall. that will be from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
The Town of Greece is partnering with American Legion Greece Post #468 for the Memorial Day Parade and Remembrance Ceremony.
The parade will start at 11 a.m. and will go down Long Pond Road from Janes Road to the town hall. The remembrance ceremony will follow at the Greece Town Hall Pavilion at 11:45 a.m.
The Town of Penfield's annual Memorial Day Ceremony of Remembrance will be held at the Penfield Amphitheater at 10:30 a.m.
The ceremony will feature a variety of tributes to veterans, as well as the Presentation of Roses, where roses will be placed on the Veterans Memorial monument stone.
The Town of Pittsford's Memorial Day Parade steps off at 10 a.m. The route moves down West Jefferson Road, then turns onto Main Street, and ends at the Pittsford Cemetery.
The ceremony will follow the parade. Afterward, a reception will be held at the Rayson-Miller Post Home on North Main Street.
Local leaders and the American Legion James Cooke Post 931 is inviting residents to attend the Memorial Day Parade at 10:30 a.m.
The route will step off from the Victor Central School Campus to High Street and will end at the Village Hall Parking Lot. A ceremony will follow at the Village Hall.
Victor-Memorial Day Parade May with American Legion James Cooke Post 931 10:30 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 20 is holding its annual ceremony at the Greater Rochester Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Highland Park. It will honor all the man and women who sacrificed their lives in the Armed Forces.
The ceremony will start at 1 p.m.
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