Photo gallery: A sunny Grafton Memorial Day Parade honors those who gave their lives

The church bell rang 11 times at Grafton Common and the heads turned toward North Street. All the crowd — decked out in red, white, and blue, some waving small American flags — could see were a few last minute cars zipping down the road, getting out ahead of the…

Sirens. Blue lights. Off in the distance, a faint sound of drums.

Grafton honored the residents who never returned from war on Monday, marking the first Memorial Day Parade following two years of the COVID-19 pandemic. State Rep. David Muradian called it “America’s most expensive holiday,” noting that its cost has been millions of soldier’s lives in each war since the country’s founding.

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