Douglas Honor Committee Plans Memorial Day and 250th Anniversary Parades

DOUGLAS — April 2, 2026 — Douglas Honor and Heritage Committee advances plans for Memorial Day and 250th anniversary parades. The committee met April 2 with Detective McLaughlin of the Douglas Police Department, who confirmed full traffic and safety staffing for both events and said he needed firmer participant numbers as planning continues. Current Memorial Day marchers include two possible Girl Scout troops, the Boy Scouts, the high school band, and a Civil War reenactor, with veteran and first-responder participation still unresolved after outreach to a local contact revealed that organized veteran activity in Douglas has declined; two Uxbridge Veterans Service Office contacts were provided for follow-up. A member identified as Meg presented draft sponsorship tiers — tentatively named Premier, Patriot, Community, and Friends of Douglas — and volunteered to produce business-outreach and public-advertising flyers by the following weekend. The committee also discussed lawn signs, a downtown banner, and commemorative coins being hand-etched by a volunteer named Dwayne at eight hours per coin, with the committee already into its second production run.