SIDNEY — The Sidney Historical Society is making plans for a parade and Memorial Day ceremony to be held Monday, May 29, beginning at 10 a.m. with the parade beginning on the transfer station road and ending at the Sidney Town Hall, 2986 Middle Road.
The parade will feature bagpiper Steve Lemieux, veterans, Boy Scout Color Guard, Sidney Girl Scouts, antique cars, area family farms, and Fort Western Revolutionary War re-enactors. Colonel Donald Lagace of the Maine National Guard will serve as master of ceremonies.
There will be music by the Kennebec Valley Chordsmen. The Boy Scouts will host a barbecue meal after the ceremony, and the Sidney Historical Society will be open for visitors. Anyone interested in participating can call 207-649-7528. Veterans are welcome to participate.
Also, following the Tuesday, June 13 SHS meeting, which begins at 1:30 p.m., Cliff Young will speak on the “early surveys of Sidney” at approximately 2 p.m.