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Memorial Day observances in Natick

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Here’s the plan for Memorial Day Observances in Natick:

  • Monday, May 23, 8 a.m. – Decorate veterans’ squares and memorials with wreaths (meet at Veterans Services Office, 117 East Central St.)
  • Tuesday, May 24, 6:30 p.m. – 98 th annual Transfer of Flags, Wilson Middle School
  • Thursday, May 26, 6 p.m. – Decorate veterans’ graves with flags (with Scouting groups and personnel from the Natick Soldier Systems Command Center)
  • Monday, May 30 – Annual Observances

-8:15 a.m. – parade forms at Moran Park
-8:25 a.m. – flag raising
-8:30 a.m. – parade units step off, proceed to the Common for ceremonies at the GAR memorial. Parade will then proceed to Dell Park and St. Patrick’s cemeteries, then to the Indian Burial Ground, for ceremonies.

There will also be a ceremony at Glenwood Cemetery in South Natick at noon. Collation to follow at VFW, West Central Street.

*Some ceremonies may be altered due to changing COVID-19 protocols.

Volunteers needed: Please contact the Veteran Services Division at 508- 647-6545 or Sheila Young at 508-647-6400, ext.1900, for more information.

Memorial Day 2021, Natick

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Easter Sunday services in Natick, 2022

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Easter falls on Sunday, April 17, 2022, and a happy one to those who celebrate the religious holiday. In-person services are back this year, and masks are encouraged by some churches, and required by others. For those who wish to celebrate at home, live streaming services will be available by most churches.

Whether you choose to attend in-person or online, all the services and masses will be celebratory, and all are welcome.

Make sure you check church websites for all the Holy Week details.

You can find links to Natick churches on our Where to Worship in Natick page.

Eliot Church, Natick

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Happy St. Patrick’s Day, Natick

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Good to know that St. Patrick is watching over Natick on St. Patrick’s Day.

As they say in Gaelic, lá Fhéile Pádraig sona duit (translation: Happy St. Patrick’s Day to you!). With such warm sentiments, go ahead and celebrate, no matter your ancestry. Everybody’s Irish on St. Patrick’s Day, dontcha know.

St. Patrick, Natick

No Natick July 4th parade in this year

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Natick will not hold its Independence Day parade for the third straight year, according to the Natick Friends of the 4th group. This time, it’s more a lack of resources to blame than the COVID-19 pandemic, which has resulted in the last two parades being scrapped.

From the Friends’ Board:

After an almost complete dissolution of the previous board of directors in 2018, a small group of less than 10 brand-new volunteers stepped up and pulled off a wonderful 4th of July parade in 2019. Unfortunately, we were not able to hold the parade in 2020 or 2021 due to the global COVID-19 pandemic and associated financial changes for sponsors. Our group has now decreased to six volunteers and no longer has the bandwidth or resources to plan, fundraise for, or produce a parade.

Last year, the Friends morphed the July 4 celebration into a spirited house decorating contest.

For those of us who have fond memories that go back to Natick’s 4th of July road race finishing in Natick Center (I’m not making that up, right?), and seeing TV cowboy Rex Trailer wave from a float, a third straight parade-less July 4th is disappointing.

Hopefully, we’ll see a comeback down the road.

The Friends is an all-volunteer group that raises money and organizes the parade. If you have ideas or questions, you can reach out here: info@natick4th.org

Please send tips, photos, ideas to natickreport@gmail.com

Not the same as a July 4th parade, but one way to satisfy your parade fix this year could be moseying up the road to Wellesley for its Veterans Parade, slated for May 22. Like the Natick Friends of the 4th, the Wellesley Celebrations Committee that organizes the parade has found itself challenged to raise funds, especially because it just had a parade in October, delayed from May 2021 due to the pandemic.

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