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Ed Von Sitas, member of the Essex Memorial Day Parade Committee and a Vietnam Veteran, Ed Daudelin, Commander VFW Post 6689 and Committee Member, speak with Grand Marshal's TSgt. Gary Cook and Col. James Spaulding, Essex High School Air Force JROTC Teachers, on the program and the plans for the Essex Memorial Day Service and Parade.

Memorial Service will be held May 27, 2016 7:30 pm at The First Congregational Church 39 Main St, Essex, VT 05452. Followed by 8:30 pm Candlelight Vigil Veterans Memorial Park, Five Corners, Essex, VT 05452. Open House at the VFW Post 6689, 73 Pearl St Essex Immediately Following.

Essex Memorial Day Parade begins May 28, 2016 at 10:00am exactly, parade steps off and leaves gate F of the Champlain Valley Exposition, follows access road to Rte 2A and turns right onto Rte 2A South (Lincoln St), follows Rte 2A south to the Essex Junction 5 corners (where reviewing stand is). Parade turns right at the 5 corners onto Rte 15 West (Pearl St) follows Pearl St to Exposition gate B (by Bouchard Pierce) where they will turn right and continue to the dispersal area.

For more info visit: Essex Memorial Day Parade

Ed Von Sitas, member of the Essex Memorial Day Parade Committee and a Vietnam Veteran, Ed Daudelin, Commander VFW Post 6689 and Committee Member, speak with Grand Marshal's TSgt. Gary Cook and Col. James Spaulding, Essex High School Air Force JROTC Teachers on the program and the plans for the Essex Memorial Day Service and Parade. The 2015 Theme is '30 Years of Remembrance'.  Memorial Service will be held on Friday, May 22nd, 7:30pm in the Essex Congregational Church.  Parade starts at 10am on Saturday, May 23rd through the Essex Five corners.

Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 782 places fresh flowers and flags at the Battery Park memorial site in commemoration of lives lost by men and women of the military.  U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders says, "We do not forget the sacrifices and the pain that their families have experienced."

Major General Michael Dubie, Vermont’s Adjutant General, was confirmed by the United States Senate for promotion to the rank of Lieutenant General and appointment as Deputy Commander of the United States Northern Command at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado.
In response to multiple requests for interviews, Major General Dubie informally discusses his promotion and pending departure as Vermont Adjutant General.