10/23/2026
🇺🇸 MARK YOUR CALENDAR! 🇺🇸 Veterans Day is Wednesday, November 11! The parade marches down Main Street beginning at 10:00 a.m., stops at Calzone Park for a brief ceremony, then marches to Draper Memorial Park for the concluding ceremony. PLEASE PLAN TO JOIN US AT DRAPER! We have an outstanding line-up of speakers for this year’s ceremony:
⭐ LT. COLONEL VINCENZO VALASTRO (U.S. Army Retired), who served our nation in uniform for 28 years, including during the Cold War, Operation Desert Shield, and Operation Desert Storm, and as a civilian at Natick Labs for over 19 years, has been honored as Grand Marshal of this year’s Veterans Day parade.
⭐ CYNTHIA A. MAININI (U.S. Army Retired), who volunteered to join the Women’s Army Corps (WACs) in 1972 and continues to serve in the Protection Engineering Support Division of the U.S. Army DEVCOM Soldier Center.
⭐ ARTHUR A. RUSSO, a third-generation U.S. Army veteran who served in the Vietnam War and was deployed to convoy es**rt duty in the Mekong Delta for the Ninth Infantry Division.
Also participating in the ceremony will be local clergy, Sons of the American Legion, Milford High School senior Aolani Clayton singing the national anthem, and the Milford High School Marching Band. Commander Eric P. Ruscitti and Jr. Vice Commander Tim McDonough, both representing the Italian American World War Veterans Milford Post #40, will post the Colors. Members of the Waters Corporation Veterans Employee Resource Group will present a wreath honoring veterans at the World War I monument. Milford Fire Lieutenant Scott Keefe will perform “Amazing Grace” on the bagpipes during the wreath presentation. Peter Scandone, who is chairman of the Veterans Day Ceremony committee, will serve as master of ceremonies.
We anticipate the ceremony will begin in Draper Park at about 11:00 a.m. once the parade has arrived. A limited number of chairs will be available for those who need them.
If the parade is cancelled due to rain, the ceremony will be held at the Italian American War Veterans of the U.S. Post #40 Hall (4 Hayward Field) beginning at 10:00 a.m. If the weather is poor but the parade still marches, the ceremony will be held at the Italian American War Veterans of the U.S. Post #40 Hall beginning at approximately 12:00 noon. Please check this page if the weather looks questionable!
The Veterans Day Parade is organized by the Milford Department of Veterans Services. Please address questions regarding the parade to this office in Town Hall at 508.634.2311. Questions regarding the Veterans Day Ceremony can be emailed to [email protected].
READ FULL DETAILS, INCLUDING SPEAKER BIOS, HERE: https://citizensformilford.com/speakers-announced-for-the-veterans-day-ceremony-to-be-held-in-draper-park-at-conclusion-of-parade/
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