Five year-old Emily Brommer of Brunswick looks for the first sign of the 2003 Brunswick Memorial Day parade along Maine Street.

U.S. Senator Olympia Snowe marches ahead of members of the U.S. Navy Sea Cadets in the 2003 Brunswick Memorial Day parade.

SSG Chance Giannelli of Lisbon, a U.S. Army recruiter out of Brunswick, marches with his daughter, Julia, 4, during the 2003 Brunswick Memorial Day parade.

Members of the U.S. Navy Color Guard usher in the Memorial Day parade along Maine Street in Brunswick in 2003.

Limerick's Memorial Day parade moves along Main Street with the old Limerick Academy building in the background in 2002.

Lisette Labbe, 6, greets Memorial Day paraders in Limerick in 2002

Three year-old Nikko Pappas watches the 2001 Cape Elizabeth Memorial Day parade with his dad, John.

Members of the Maine Correctional Center color guard from Windham march down Congress Street during the 2006 Memorial Day parade in Portland.

Connor Parks, 2, of Portland watches as several fire trucks make their way along Congress Street during the 2006 Memorial Day parade in Portland.

While under cover of an umbrella, 1-year-old Samuel Gurney of Raymond waves a flag as soldiers march past him and his mother Erin Gurney during the 2005 Memorial Day Parade in Gray.

Children watch as fire trucks move down Congress Street during the PortlandMemorial Day parade in 2008.

Jackson Lester, then an instructor at Brunswick Naval Air Station, watches the 2010 Memorial Day parade with his son Derrick, 2, as the procession passes through Topsham on its way to Brunswick.

Miss Maine Kaetlin Parent, left, and Miss Maine Teen Avery Barr ride down Congress Street in the 2008 Portland Memorial Day parade.

Tonia Arnold and Penny Joyce, right, lead the Maine Public Safety Pipe and Drum Corp across the Topsham Bridge and into Brunswick during the 2010 Memorial Day parade.

Van Lester, 2, of Brunswick shows his excitement as the parade procession approaches during the 2010 Memorial Day festivities in Topsham and Brunswick.

Hailey Bush, a junior at Mt. Ararat High School, marches with the high school band during the 2010 Memorial Day parade in Topsham.

Kelsey Sullivan, 6, of Brunswick watches the 2010 Memorial Day parade in her town.

Reid Haile , 2, left, and Henry Haile 5, of Westbrook wave their flags as they watch veterans march along Congress Street during the 2011 Memorial Day Parade in Portland.

Portland Bayside Little League Softball players march during the 2011 Portland Memorial Day Parade.

Veterans from VFW Post 6859, from left, Todd Mitchell, Steve San Pedro, Bob Bernard and Rick Cobb, prepare to march in the 2011 Memorial Day Parade in Portland.

The 2011 Memorial Day Parade in Portland.

Col. Arthur Wickham of Windham, U.S. army retired, salutes as the Portland color guard passes by along Congress Street during the Portland Memorial Day in 2012.

Pam Grant of Portland holds her nephew, Cameron Toher, 3, also of Portland, as they enjoy the 2012 Portland Memorial Day Parade.

Members of the Scarborough High School band perform in the 2013 Scarborough Memorial Day parade.

Aaron Seale of South Portland plays the bagpipes as he leads the 2012 Portland Memorial Day Parade down Congress Street. Parade grand marshall John Hammonds, Sr., U.S. navy retired, follows in the red car.

Members of Girl Scout Troop 1845 wave their American flags as they walk in the 2013 Scarborough Memorial Day parade.

Members of York County Marine Corps League and the Town of Sanford color guard at the start of the 2014 Sanford Memorial Day Parade.

Marge Trowbridge of the American Legion T. W. Cole Post 19 hands an American flag to Brooklinn Glover, 7, of Sanford as her father Broc and mother Brittney and sister Sharlett look on during the Sanford Memorial Day Parade in 2014

16-month-old Evan Cavallaro of Portland gets some help from his father, Louis Cavallaro, for a better view of the Portland Memorial Day parade down Congress Street in 1998.

James Garfield picks up his drum as the high school band starts mraching for a Memorial Day parade in Wells in 1998

Flute player Cindy Wright and the Wells High Warrior Band march along Shore Road during the Ogunquit Memorial Day parade in 1997.

The Portland Police Dept. color guard leads the Memorial Day parade down Congress Street to Monument Square in 1998.

Alexander Proach, 3, of Moody, and his father Peter Proach, cheer the Wells Memorial Day parade in 1997.

Siena Butterfield, 3, of Portland, attending her first parade ever, waves the Stars & Stripes as she watches the Portland Memorial Day parade on Congress Street with her mother in 1996.