Memorial Day tributes will be held throughout the Corning area: Here's where
A Memorial Day tribute will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Riverfront Park, in downtown Corning, honoring the men and women who died while serving in the U.S. military.
Coleen Fabrizi, executive director of the Corning Gaffer District, said the event will include the signing of the national anthem, the reading of the names of the Gold Star hometown heroes and a few words from Corning Mayor Bill Boland.
“It's a really nice ceremony,” Fabrizi said. “And then at the end of the tribute Isaiah Smallwood, from American Idol, will play the concert.”
Smallwood, of Elmira, took part in the recently completed 2023 American Idol event.
“It’s the closing concert for the Rock the Park Concert Series, featured at the weekend long GlassFest,” Fabrizi said.
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Painted Post Memorial Day Parade and Ceremony
The annual Painted Post Memorial Day Parade and Ceremony will take place from 10 a.m. to noon Monday.
The Painted Post Fire Department will be loading kids on fire trucks at 9:45 a.m. Monday to be paraded around the village, stopping at both village monuments to pay tribute, officials said. The Corning-Painted Post High School Bands and area fire departments will also take part in the event.
Fladers Field and military 21-Gun Salute will be demonstrated at the Centennial location by the post office, officials said. The event will end with a fallen firefighter memorial and celebration at the fire station.
Memorial Day Ceremony at the Bath National Cemetery
A public Memorial Day commemoration ceremony will be held at 9:30 a.m. Monday at the Bath VA, officials said. The event will include local high school bands, laying the wreath, playing taps and VA Chaplin's office will be speaking.
Prattsburgh Memorial Day Ceremony in the Park, Parade and Tribute
The event will begin at 10 a.m. Monday in Town Square Park, Prattsburgh, followed by a parade to the Rural Cemetery for laying the wreath, a rifle salute and the playing of taps, officials said.
This article originally appeared on The Leader: Memorial Day events in Corning: Where, when each tribute will be held
