LYNN — Ceremonies remembering war heroes begin on Tuesday in Veterans Memorial Auditorium with a 6 p.m. tribute to veterans.
The evening will include a salute to state Secretary of Veterans Services Francisco Urena, a decorated Iraq veteran, and a tribute to Lynn Housing Authority & Neighborhood Development regional housing and services director Harry MacCabe for helping to win the city national recognition for ending homelessness among vets.
The Lynn Public School Band and English High School Marine Corps Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps drill team will perform. Veterans and their families will receive a commemorative pin during the evening.
The annual decoration of graves in Pine Grove Cemetery is May 26, 6 p.m. Participants are to meet in the World War I section at 5:45 p.m.
Memorial Day Monday, May 30 observances in Lynn begin with the Polish Legion of American Veterans service at 10 a.m. in Breed Square followed by the parade at 1:30 p.m. It starts at Market Street and proceeds through City Hall Square, down North Common Street to Park Street, to Boston Street ending at Pine Grove.
Other area Memorial Day events include:
Lynnfield – The Memorial Day parade assembles at 8:15 a.m. at Our Lady of Assumption Church. Marchers will stop at the South Burying Ground on Salem Street and Willow Cemetery on Summer Street for ceremonies.
Following a recess at the South Lynnfield fire station, the parade will reassemble at the middle school at 10 a.m. and proceed to the West Burying Ground, Old Burying Ground and Forest Hill Cemetery for ceremonies. In the event of rain, ceremonies will be held in the middle school at 11 a.m.
Nahant – The Memorial Day parade is scheduled at 9:30 a.m. at Short Beach and proceed to the wharf for a ceremony. After proceeding down Nahant Road past Town Hall, marchers will attend ceremonies in the cemetery and in Veterans Park.
Peabody – Following necessary repairs to Cedar Grove Cemetery grave markers on May 26, veterans’ burial grounds will be flagged at 9 a.m. on May 27. A memorial Mass is scheduled at 8:30 a.m. on May 29 in St. Adelaide’s Church, 712 Lowell St., with events following at the Kiley School, Oak Grove, Lexington monument and the Civil War monument.
Memorial Day events begin with the Greek cemetery rededication at 8:30 a.m. with the memorial ceremony scheduled at 9:30 a.m., including the cannon firing. The parade starts at 11 a.m. at Allens Lane and Washington Street with the City Hall ceremony scheduled from 11:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Revere – Memorial Day ceremonies scheduled on Monday, May 30 begin at 11 a.m. on the American Legion building lawn next to City Hall. The names of Revere war dead dating from the Revolutionary War to modern wars will be read aloud. Massachusetts House Speaker Robert DeLeo (D-Winthrop) and other elected officials are scheduled to speak and ceremonial wreaths will be laid.
Saugus – Veterans Council members will place flags at veterans’ graves in Riverside Cemetery on May 28 at 9 a.m. with the parade to proceed down Jackson Street to Lincoln Avenue to Town Hall.
Swampscott – Memorial Day observances will be held at the veterans lot in Swampscott cemetery beginning at noon followed by an open house at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post Hall, 8 Pine St.