Expanded Westminster Memorial Day parade Well Attended

People lined Westminster’s Main Street in full force, bright and early for this year’s expanded 145th Memorial Day parade.

Main Street was packed for the parade of military units, floats, community organizations, antique vehicles, firefighting equipment, and marching bands.

All to the delight of this organizer of this year’s four-day Memorial Day observances, Arnold "Skip" Amass, himself a veteran of the Korean War, and a longstanding member of the Carroll Post 31 American Legion which took over leading the ceremonies in the 1920s.

This year’s longer parade began at 9:30 as Amass’ prayers for good weather were answered, especially since participants and spectators endured record temperatures on Memorial Day in 2011 which hit 98-degrees last year.