Salisbury honors its fallen soldiers

SALISBURY — An early thunderstorm rained out the Friends of the Scoville Library’s attempt to give out coffee and doughnuts to parade participants as they gathered in front of the library, but the skies cleared in time for the parade.Ceremonies began with a gun salute to those buried at sea. The Rev. Diane Monte-Catania of Salisbury Congregational Church said a prayer, and a wreath was thrown from the bridge next to the library. A color guard led the parade. Among the veterans who marched was Maureen McCort, who moved to Lakeville two weeks ago. She wore a sign that said, “I walk in honor of my father, Ralph W. McCort, commander, USNR, my brother, Daniel R. McCort, commodore, USN ret., my nephew, Jameson D. McCort, pilot, USN.” The parade was filled out by the Salisbury Band, Girl Scouts, Salisbury recreation hockey and baseball players, the Salisbury Central School Band, the Lakeville Hose Company and the Salisbury Volunteer Ambulance Service.Townspeople lined Main Street and applauded as the parade passed by. They fell in behind the last fire truck for the short walk to the cemetery.James Brazee served as master of ceremonies. Monte-Catania offered the invocation, saying, “We give thanks for the freedoms we enjoy today.”Caroline Fallon, a second-grader at Salisbury Central School, recited the Gettysburg Address and then the Salisbury Band played “God of our Fathers.”Brazee read the list of veterans who have died, beginning with World War I. The reading was followed by a gun salute. Members of the Salisbury Band played taps with an echo, and Monte-Catania read Psalm 23. The band played “The Star-Spangled Banner” while Brazee raised the flags to full mast and the crowd sang along. Monte-Catania closed the service with a benediction.“Go out into the world in peace,” she said. “Have courage. Hold on to what is good. Return no one evil for evil.”

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