Archdiocese of Portland photo REV.

Conduct during hoisting, lowering or passing of the American flag: during the ceremony of  hoisting, lowering or passing of the flag or when the flag is passing in a parade or in review, those present in uniform should render the military salute.

This Memorial Day weekend, The Summit Project (TSP) will embark on a major tribute trek in Maine to honor the state’s fallen heroes with a novel living memorial.

  Contributed photo CIVIL WAR READING MATERIAL — Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War Sarah Elizabeth Palmer Tent #23 donates books about the Civil War to local libraries.

Observer file photos/Stuart Hedstrom MEMORIAL DAY IN DOVER-FOXCROFT — Memorial Day was recognized last year in Dover-Foxcroft with a procession through town.

Photo courtesy of American Legion Post 41 70 YEARS WITH THE AMERICAN LEGION — Thomas Howard of Milo, a 70-year member of Joseph P Chaisson Post 41 of Milo received a 70-year certificate signed by National Commander Michael Helm of Nebraska and National Adjutant Daniel S.

Observer file photos/Jeannette Hughes MILO’S ANNUAL CEREMONY — The color guard for the parade in Milo pauses on the West Main Street bridge for a ceremony as part of a past Memorial Day observance, including a rifle salute (below).

ABBOT/GUILFORD/SANGERVILLE: Conner-Trafton Post 119 of Guilford and Stott-Flanders Post 165 of Sangerville will be conducting three parades on May 25.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The town of Dover-Foxcroft and American Legion Post 29 will be coming together for the 2015 Memorial Day parade on Monday, May 25.

Contributed photo  HONORED – Margaret Keef, 96, a resident of Hibbard Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Dover-Foxcroft, was recently honored by the Maine Health Care Association’s “Remember Me” project.