The Portland Fire Department Pipe and Drum Band leads firefighters from Portland and South Portland to the Portland Veteran Firemen’s Association memorial at Forest City Cemetery in South Portland on Sunday, Oct. 5, for the annual ceremony to honor firefighters who have died in the line of duty. The ceremony was first held in 1911.

Ret. Lt. Edward Marks, president of the PVFA, places flowers at the memorial in South Portland on Sunday, Oct. 5.


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