Lynn Becker and grandson Kenzo Moore watch as National Guard troops march past Monday, May 25, during the Memorial Day parade on Congress Street in Portland.

The Portland Fire Department Honor Guard marches down Congress Street on Monday, May 25, during the annual Memorial Day parade in Portland.

Portland resident Ken Chaney receives complimentary American flags on Congress Street courtesy of a couple of Memorial Day parade particicipants riding in a classic Pontiac Firebird.

Kelley Wassick — this year’s Miss Teen Maine United States — waves from Portland Fire Engine No. 5 during the Memorial Day parade on Congress Street.  

The Portland Police Honor guard marches down Congress Street at the start of Monday’s Memorial Day Parade.

Friends Jim Craddock and Michala Williams hold their respective children — Mats Craddock and Liam Williams  — during the Memorial Day parade.

Members of the Marine Corps League stand at attention Monday during a Memorial Day ceremony at Monument Square in Portland.

Noah Wickenheiser, of Portland’s Boy Scouts of America Troop 1, carries the troop’s flags through Monument Square at the end of the Memorial Day parade.


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