Memorial Day traditions in photos

Posted by Rich Schwartzman on May 27, 2024

Scouts from Boy Scout Troop 1 of Chadds Ford bring in the colors ar Brandywine Baptist Church..

The rain held off allowing for morning Memorial Day traditions of a ceremony at Brandywine Baptist Church and a parade in Kennett Square.

Visitors to the traditional ceremony at Brandywine Baptist Chadds Ford saw the colors brought in by Boy Scouts troops with Troop 31v of Chadds Ford leading the way, a military gun salute to the fallen, and heard a brief speech about the history of honoring fallen soldiers by Chadds Ford resident Eric Gartner, a retired U.S. Air Force colonel, and a current U.S. marshal.

In Kennett Square, high school marching bands, a military color presentation, and ethnic dancers filled the streets lined with spectators.

An honor guard salutes the fallen at Brandywine Baptist Church..

A scout lays a flower at the grave of a former member of the military.

A color guard starts the Kennett Square parade by bringing in the colors/

The Unionville High School Marching Band.

High. wheeling up Broad Street in Kennett Square.

The Chinese American Community Center of Hockessin takes part in the Kennett Square Parade.

Even some vaqueros show up for the parade.

About Rich Schwartzman

Rich Schwartzman has been reporting on events in the greater Chadds Ford area since September 2001 when he became the founding editor of The Chadds Ford Post. In April 2009 he became managing editor of ChaddsFordLive. He is also an award-winning photographer.