Director of Veterans Affairs - Bill DeMaio Veterans Affairs Clerk - Sandy Keefe 2012 Memorial Day Parade Pictures St. Peter's Drum Core Marine Corp League New Britain High School Band 2012 Memorial Day Services Mayor Timothy E. O'Brien and the Veterans Commission announced today that the New Britain Parks and Recreation Department will be hosting the 2012 Memorial Day Services. The Memorial Day Services are commemorative ceremonies that recognize and observe the men and woman who served in the United States military at various war memorials and landmarks throughout the city of New Britain. The first Service takes place at Fairview Cemetery, 120 Smalley Street in New Britain, at the Veterans Section on Thursday, May 24th beginning at 6 p.m. This service always takes place on the Thursday before the nationally celebrated holiday on the last Monday of May. The second set of Memorial Day Services will take place on Wednesday, May 30, 2012 at the following locations and times: 8:00 am -  General John Patterson Memorial on East/Allen Streets 8:30 am -  Spanish American War Memorial at Willow Brook Park, 635 South Main St. 8:45 am -  Vietnam Memorial at Willow Brook Park, 635 South Main St. 9:15 am -   Sherrod E. Skinner Memorial on Corbin Ave./Lincoln Streets 9:45 am -   Israel Putnam Stone Memorial at Walnut Hill Park, 200 Grand St., behind the Darius Miller Music Shell 10:00 am -   World War I Monument at Walnut Hill Park, 200 Grand St. 11:00 am -   Civil War, World War II, Korean and Vietnam Memorials at Central Park, Main/West Main Streets 12:00 pm -   General Casimir and Thaddeus Kosciusko Memorials at Pulaski Park, Broad/Burritt Streets 12:15 pm -   Captain Brian S. Letendre U.S.M.C. Park at Pendleton Rd./Sunnyslope Dr. Services include placing of wreaths on each Memorial along with invocations, cadences, and taps.  For more information, call the Parks and Recreation Department at 860-826-3362. 2012 Memorial Day and Veterans Day Events Memorial Services @ Fairview Cemetery Thursday, May 24th at 6 p.m. - Fairview Cemetery, 120 Smalley St., New Britain, CT 06051 Memorial Day Services   -Wednesday May 30, 2012 Please see the schedule below to note time various monuments are visited in New Britain between 8:15 a.m. and 12 noon. Memorial Day Parade - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 at 6 p.m. The Parade will start at the top of Broad Street and Burritt Street. The line of march will be East on Broad Street,  South (right) onto Main Street to the dispersing point at Main Street and Franklin Square. The reviewing and Grand Stands will be on the west side of Main Street on the north side of Central Park. Dispersing point at Franklin Square in front of the New Britain Courthouse Veterans Day Services - November 11, 2012 Please see the schedule below to note times various monuments are visited in New Britain between 8:00 a.m. and 12:15 p.m. Schedule of Services for every year For Memorial Day - Fairview Cemetery Services celebrated at 6 p.m. on the Thursday before the National Memorial Day holiday celebrated on Monday, May 30 at the Monuments from 8:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. (Please see schedule below.) Memorial Day Parade on May 30 starting at 6 p.m. with lineups arriving at 5 p.m. For Veterans Day - November 11 at Monuments from 8:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. (Please see schedule below.) General John Patterson East Street 8:00a.m. Spanish-American War Memorial Willow Brook Park 8:30 a.m. Vietnam Memorial Willow Brook Park 8:45 a.m. Sherrod E. Skinner Memorial Corbin and Lincoln Streets 9:15 a.m. Israel Putnam Stone Walnut Hill Park 9:45 a.m. World War I Monument Walnut Hill Park 10:00 a.m. Civil War, World War II, Korean and Vietnam Memorials Central Park 11:00 a.m. General Casimir Pulaski Monument/General Tadeusz Kosciuszko Monument Pulaski Park 12:00 p.m. Captain Brian S. Letendre U.S.M.C. Memorial Pendleton Rd./Sunnyslope Drive 12:15 p.m.