New Paris annual Memorial Day parade and ceremony

NEW PARIS, Ind. –The New Paris Chamber of Commerce and the New Paris Boy Scouts, Troop 12 will host the city’s annual Community Memorial Day Parade and Ceremony on Sunday, May 30.

The parade will begin at 2 p.m. at the old Burger Dairy Plant before moving southbound on Division Street, to Fifth Street, Main Street, and Market Street before ending at the cemetery.

Anyone who wants to be in the parade is welcomed and encouraged to join.

The ceremony will begin at approximately 2:15 p.m. at the New Paris/Jackson Township Cemetery. This year’s ceremony will feature a keynote address by Indiana State Senator Blake Doriot, District 12.

Troop 12 will present and raise the colors and the Goshen Veterans Honor Guard will provide a rifle salute.