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• Parade Ambassadors showed up on time and did a great job. Two volunteers were sick but replacements were found. Teams were assembled and deployed by 1:40. • All units were checked in by 1:30. For the most part, they maintained a tight formation and finished on schedule. • Londonderry High School, Immaculate Heart of Mary, and the Mummers parked at the Hayden lot. This was a tremendous help. • Some Parade Ambassadors missed not getting Rancatore ice cream certificates this year. • At Monday's reenactment, the reserved seating was filled by 4:45, mostly by non ticket holders. Committee members had to ask them to vacate their seats. • There was a miscommunication as to whether small children were allowed inside the roped area at the reenactment. As the crowd became significant, Committee members had to put a stop to it. • Hanscom brought 14 guests instead of 2, accounting for the crowded reviewing stand. • The new podium for the ceremony on the Green looked great. • DPW removed the reviewing stand and audio system mid - morning and had to reinstall them to accommodate the afternoon band concert. Memorial Day 2013 Ceremony at Munroe Cemetery:Suzie, Sam Doran and Mike Daru have prepared a plan for the revised ceremony at Munroe Cemetery. The VA has installed headstones at all five of the newly identified Civil War veterans' graves. Upon entering the grounds, the parade will now turn right and move to the Gazebo for that portion of the program. The group will then follow a wide curve, stopping first at the grave of Pvt. Samuel Davis, then continuing to the grave of Landsman Cyrus S. Capelle, then to the two graves of Pvt. George E. Pratt and Corp. Charles M. Parker (great - grandson of Minuteman Captain John Parker). The parade will make its last stop to honor Pvt. Moses E. Colby and Medal of Honor recipient Thomas Cosgrove, and then march directly out the exit road. At each gravesite, the High School Band will play Taps and Echo, the Minuteman will fire a volley and a wreath will be laid. Sam and Mike will recruit the wreath layers. The band will move on the inner road while the public will march on the outer road. Photographs of the individuals (or their ship in one case) will be resting on easels near the entrance. • We expect that the current moratorium on permits for activities on the Green will be lifted soon and that the morning ceremony will be held on the Green as planned. • Bob Tracey will order 15 wreaths. Chief Marshal: The Committee voted to invite John Wilson, Lexington's new Fire Chief, to serve as the Chief Marshal for the Memorial Day Parade. The meeting adjourned at 9:00 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Linda Dixon, Co- Secretary