IPSWICH – The Ipswich 2024 Memorial Day and 80th Anniversary of D-Day Parade Committee had their first meeting on September 20, 2023 at the Ipswich VFW Post 1093. The objective of the committee is to have a parade on Memorial Day, Monday, May 27, 2024 to honor the memories of all who served our country in time of war and those who made the ultimate sacrifice.
The committee will be reaching out to all Ipswich residents, local businesses, banks, organizations to help raise funding to support this effort. It is the intention of the committee to have a parade that will include the Ipswich High School Band and other marching bands and groups from the area. This will require fundraising efforts and more details will be communicated in the coming weeks.
Please join us in the respectful and honorable effort to remember the history of our great nation during World War II and to pay tribute to our fellow Americans and allies who lost their lives. Thousands more were wounded and still thousands more made great sacrifice while wearing the uniforms of the United States, Great Britain and Canada. Many Ipswich residents participated in the D-Day invasion.
On Tuesday, 6 June 1944, the Normandy Landings were the landing operations and associated airborne operations that took place on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 of the allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II.
More than 150,000 young soldiers from the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada stormed the beaches of Normandy, France in a bold strategy to push the Nazis out of Western Europe and turn the tide of the war for good.
D-Day, was, and still is, the largest seaborne invasion in history. A total of 4,414 allied troops were killed on D-Day. 2,501 were Americans.
Ipswich 2024 Memorial Day & 80th Anniversary of D-Day Parade Committee Formed
Tuesday October 24, 2023
Front row left to right: Linda Alexson, Ipswich Select Person - George Gallant, VFW Post 1093 - Larry Jordan, Commander VFW Post 1093 with service dog, Koz - Frank Beier, VFW Post 1093, Back row left to right: John Trocki, PLAV – Bob Breaker, American Legion - Chief Paul Parisi, Ipswich Fire Dept – Stephen Crane, Ipswich Town Manager – Chief Paul Nikas, Ipswich Police Dept. – William Barney, VFW Post 1093 – Frank Infornati, Commander PLAV – Jim Graffum, Commander American Legion Post 80 – Ed Marsh, VFW Post 1093. Not in photograph: Matt Como, VFW Post 1093 – Mike Doyon, VFW Post 1093
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