Warwick Plants Dogwood For 150th Memorial Day
![[CREDIT: Courtesy Kim Wineman] Local and state officials gathered on Memorial Day at Veterans Park to plant a dogwood honoring those who died in service to the country.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Memorial-Day-2018-3-140x140.jpeg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
Officials gathered Monday on the 150th Memorial Day for the dedication and planting of a dogwood at Veterans Park outside Warwick Veterans Jr. High.
Officials gathered Monday on the 150th Memorial Day for the dedication and planting of a dogwood at Veterans Park outside Warwick Veterans Jr. High.
Memorial Day started with a parade and crowds, but it ended in the city’s cemeteries, with families, couples and lone visitors paying respect to passed loved ones.
Families lined Warwick Avenue and West Shore Road Monday morning to see a community-spanning collection of visual and musical treats in the city’s Memorial Day Parade.
This year’s Memorial Day Parade starts at 9:15 a.m. at Bishop Hendriken School, bringing together a community-spanning collection of visual and musical treats.