Press Release:
The 2025 Memorial Day schedule of ceremonies begins on Sunday, May 25, at 2 p.m. with a ceremony at the Western New York National Cemetery, located at 1254 Indian Falls Road in Corfu.
Additional ceremonies will take place throughout Genesee County on Monday, May 26 are as follows:
7:00 a.m. - Genesee Co. Park – Vietnam Veterans Memorial (Sponsored by VVA #193)
8:00 a.m. - Williams Park W.W. I Memorial (wreath laying, rifle salute & Taps)
8:30 a.m. - Batavia VAMC
8:45 a.m. - NYS Veterans Home
9:30 a.m. - Harvester Avenue Plot (wreath laying, rifle salute & Taps)
10:00 a.m. - Upton Monument (wreath laying, rifle salute & Taps)
10:30 a.m. - UMMC – Jerome Center (Memorial Day ceremonies: Invocation; Nat’l Anthem w/Batavia Concert Band; G.A.R. Order of the Day; Veterans Service Organizations Commemorations; Wreath Laying w/ Gold Star Mothers; Honor Roll w/drum roll; Rifle Salute; Taps; Benediction; “God Bless America”)
11:30 a.m. - Glenn S. Loomis Grave - Elmwood Cemetery (Legion #332)
12 p.m. - Hansen Bros. Grave – Grandview Cemetery (Legion #332)
Participating Organizations
- Genesee County American Legion Posts
- Veness-Strollo Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #1602
- Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter #193
- Sons of Union Veterans Abraham Lincoln Camp #6
The LeRoy American Legion Post 576 will be having a parade starting at the post at 10:30 on May 26, 2025. It will go down Main Street to Trigon Park (Old High School). There will be a ceremony with guest speaker Jim Ellison, Capt/USN/Ret, a laying of the wreath, and a ceremonial firing followed by taps that will begin at approximately 11:00.
Batavia Veterans of Foreign Wars – Post 1602
25 Edwards St., Batavia, NY 14020
Post 1602 members will also be placing flags at the Elmwood Cemetery on Friday, May 23, 2025.
On Memorial Day, the post opens at noon for veteran lunch.
The City of Batavia's Memorial Day Parade begins at 9:30 a.m.
