The Honor Guard for Maine’s Department of Corrections marches past Preble Street on Monday during the Memorial Day parade on Congress Street in Portland. During a ceremony later, Mayor Michael Brennan called for greater support for veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and other ailments.

Music teacher Gilbert Peltola conducts the Deering High School band Monday during a Memorial Day ceremony in Monument Square, Portland.

A U.S. Army marching band plays at the intersection of High and Congress streets Monday during the Memorial Day parade in Portland.

Lt. Donald Foss marches at the head of the Honor Guard for the Cumberland County Sherrif’s Office on Monday during the Memorial Day parade in Portland.

Victor Smith and daughter Hannah Smith listen to the Memorial Day ceremony Monday from the base of Our Lady of Victories in Monument Square, Portland.


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