Rainy Weather Forces Memorial Day Event Cancellations

Parades in New England cancelled due to poor weather

Memorial Day events throughout New England have been cancelled or postponed Monday due to rainy weather in the region.

The parades in Duxbury, Scituate, Middleton, Haverhill, North Andover, Salisbury, Wilmington, and Beverly, Massachusetts, have been cancelled.

The Beverly Farm parade will be replaced with a ceremony at the Hastings House at 10 a.m.

Events in Scituate will be held at GAR Hall at 11 a.m.

Observances will be held in Marblehead in Abbot Hall. Salem observances are to go on as scheduled.

Ceremonies in Salisbury will happen at 10 a.m. at the Hilton Center.

The services held at the end of the Haverhill parade will be held at City Hall at 10:30.

The Memorial Day program in Brookline has been moved inside Town Hall at 11 a.m.

Parade activities in Norton will be moved inside the Yelle School gymnasium,

The parade in Norwell has been cancelled, but a ceremony will be held inside the Norwell Fire Station at 11 a.m.

The program in Chatham will be held indoors at the Community Center at 10 a.m.

The parades in Portland, Scarborough, Wells, Westbrook, Kennebunkport and Ogunquit, Maine, have been cancelled.

The parades in Nashua, Merrimack, Hampton and Pelham, New Hampshire, have been cancelled.

A ceremony will be taking place at Hampton academy at 11:30.

A ceremony in Merrimack will take place at 11:15 a.m. at the cemetery.

Many events in Connecticut have been cancelled as well.

Several towns have cancelled or postponed Memorial Day events due to a rainy forecast.

See below for a list of events and cancellations:

Avon Memorial Day parade cancelled. The town will hold a small Memorial Day service at the Avon Senior Center at 11 a.m.

Berlin Memorial Day parade cancelled. There will be an indoor service at the American Legion at 9 a.m.

Bethany Memorial Day parade cancelled. A ceremonial service will take place in the Town Hall gym at 10 a.m.

Branford Memorial Day parade cancelled. Ceremony will be held at 10 a.m. at Branford High School.

Bristol Memorial Day parade cancelled.

Clinton Memorial Day parade cancelled.

Coventry Memorial Day parade cancelled.

Danbury Memorial Day parade cancelled.

East Granby Memorial Day parade cancelled.

East Haddam Memorial Day parade cancelled.

East Hampton Memorial Day parade cancelled. A ceremony will be held at the High School at 9 a.m.

East Hartford Memorial Day parade cancelled.

East Haven will hold ceremonies indoors at the East Haven Senior Center at 91 Taylor Avenue. Program begins at 11:30 a.m.

East Lyme Memorial Day parade cancelled.

Farmington Memorial Day parade cancelled.

Forestville Memorial Day parade cancelled.

Glastonbury Memorial Day parade cancelled.

Granby Memorial Day parade is cancelled.

Guilford Memorial Day parade and ceremonies cancelled.

Hamden Memorial Day parade cancelled. There will be an indoor ceremony at Hamden Middle School at 11 a.m.

Madison Memorial Day parade cancelled. There will be a ceremony at the American Legion Hall at 43 Bradley Road at 10:30 a.m.

Manchester Memorial Day parade cancelled. A ceremony will take place at the Interdenominational Church Gospel on Main Street at 11 a.m.

New Britain Memorial Day services postponed until Tuesday at Central Park at 11 a.m. Memorial Day parade is still scheduled to start at 6 p.m.

Noank Memorial Day parade cancelled.

North Stonington Memorial Day parade cancelled. Services will be held at 10 a.m. at The Grange

Norwalk Memorial Day parade cancelled.

Old Saybrook Dockside Ceremony at Saybrook Point & Memorial Day parade cancelled. Formal Memorial Day program will be held at Old Saybrook Fire Department at 10 a.m.

Ridgefield Memorial Day parade cancelled.

Rocky Hill Memorial Day parade cancelled. A ceremonial service will be held at the VFW on Main St. at 9:30 a.m.

Simsbury Memorial Day parade is still scheduled for 1:30 p.m. (The Tarriffville Memorial Parade at 10 a.m. has been cancelled)

Southbury Memorial Day parade cancelled. The ceremony will take place at the Parks and Recreation/Senior Center Building at 11 a.m. The Memorial Day family picnic at Ballantine Park is also cancelled.

South Windsor Memorial Day parade is cancelled. There will also be a ceremony at 10 a.m. at Veterans Memorial Park.

Southington Memorial Day parade cancelled. Ceremony will take place at 11 a.m. at the American Legion Hall.

Suffield Memorial Day parade cancelled. Ceremony to take place at Suffield High School at 10 a.m.

Tarriffville Memorial parade at 10 a.m. has been cancelled. (The Simsbury Memorial Day Parade is still scheduled for 1:30 p.m.)

Trumbull Memorial Day parade cancelled. There will be a service at the Vietnam Memorial at 7:30 a.m. and a service at the All Wars Memorial at 8:30 a.m.

Unionville Memorial Day parade cancelled.

Vernon Memorial Day parade cancelled.

Wallingford Memorial Day parade cancelled. There will be a ceremony at Sheehan High School at 10 a.m.

Watertown Memorial Day parade cancelled.

West Hartford Memorial Day parade cancelled.

West Haven Memorial Day parade postponed to Sunday, June 5

Wilton Memorial Day parade is cancelled. Memorial services and a pancake breakfast will be held at the Congregational Church at 11 a.m.

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