Nancy Lee Kelley, a Gold Star Mother, sits during Monday's event in Veteran’s Memorial Park after the Memorial Day parade.
The Dunlap Highland Band plays bagpipes before the start of the Old Orchard Beach Memorial Day parade.
Participants wait in line before the start of the Old Orchard Beach’s Memorial Day parade on Monday.
Bunky Hall and his wife, Marion Hall, wait in line before participating in Old Orchard Beach's Memorial Day parade on Monday. Hall said he has been a member of the Kora Shriners for almost 40 years.
Spectators line the street for Old Orchard Beach's Memorial Day parade Monday. "We just felt it's very important that we have this parade," said Rich Litwin, chaplin at VFW Post 7997. "We have to honor the vets that gave up their lives for the country."
Maine Academic Scholarship Pageant winners walk in Old Orchard Beach's Memorial Day parade Monday. A group leader said it was the first full parade the pageant winners were able to participate in since the pandemic hit.
Evana Jones, center, watches Old Orchard Beach's Memorial Day parade with her family. They came from New Hampshire for the holiday weekend.
The Old Orchard Beach High School band marches in the Memorial Day parade on Monday.
Miss Maine, Carolyn Brady, waves to parade watchers as she rides in Old Orchard Beach’s Memorial Day parade on Monday.
People gathered on Old Orchard Beach’s main drag to watch the Memorial Day parade on Monday.
A crowd listens to Nancy Lee Kelley, whose son, Capt. Christopher Scott Cash, was killed in Iraq in 2004, speak after Old Orchard Beach's Memorial Day parade on Monday.
A wreath is hung in front of the memorial site at Veteran's Memorial Park in Old Orchard Beach.
Keith Davis salutes after placing a wreath in front of the memorial site at Veteran's Memorial Park on Monday.
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