THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 2011 SERVING TILTON, NORTHFIELD, BELMONT & SANBORNTON, N.H. FREE Memorial Day a solemn but special time in Belmont BY DONNA RHODES
[email protected] of onlookers in prayer, re- BELMONT — Whether membering both those who you remember it as Decora- served the country in both tion Day, or have always the past and the present. known it as Memorial Day, “Those in uniform now the gratitude and respect for are with us in our hearts, as servicemen and women who well as those who have gone have died is still the same. before,” Boucher said. To pay tribute to those res- Stevens then took the podi- idents of Belmont who um to say Memorial Day is a served the nation, a parade time to honor all fallen sol- in their honor made its way diers. along Main Street Monday, “They were our heroes. stopping before the war me- Our fathers, husbands, morial on Church Street for brothers and sisters…we a brief ceremony. could never repay them, and Robert Stevens, Comman- they would never ask,” said dant of the Charles G. Kil- Stevens. born American Legion Post He asked that people 58 in Belmont, led the cere- pause to remember those monies, which began with who are still missing in ac- the raising of the flag by Vice- tion, along with the men and Commander Woodrow Fogg women of the police and fire and Leonard Hooker, Adju- departments who also give tant. Post Chaplain Father freely and willingly of their Boucher then led the crowd SEE MEMORIAL, PAGE 12 DONNA RHODES Girl Scout, Brownies and Daisy troop members from Belmont were a patriotic bunch as they made their way to the monument on Church Street as part of the Memorial Day parade and ceremonies.