this year’s parade will be held on
Monday, May 26th 2025
Join the Parade!
radnor township
Memorial Day Parade & Ceremony
Please join us for the annual Memorial Day celebration.
All active and retired military personnel are welcome to march!
Monday, 26 May 2025 at 9:45 AM
(Rain or Shine)
A brief Memorial Ceremony will immediately follow the parade
at the corner of Runnymede and South Wayne Avenues.
Countdown to Radnor Memorial Day Parade
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Guest Speaker:
Joseph and Virginia Maguire
Joseph &Virginia
(Genny)Maguire Have served Our Radnor Community Since Graduating ARCHBISHOP JOHN CARROLL High School June 1974.
Joeseph & Virginia also attended
St.Katherine’s Grade school Where Joeseph was first introduced to Virginia Whiteman.
Their first Date (10th grade) 1971 Wayne MovieTheater .
Joeseph Maguire Joined the Radnor Fire Company 1974 and has served at almost every Level including
Chief of RFC.
.Joeseph Maguire Joined The Radnor Township Police Department 1979, Sergeant Maguire retiring 2021 after serving 42.5 years of Honorable Service.
Genny Whiteman Started her active service as a Radnor Fire Company Ambulance Crew member 1974.
Wanting more action and Not informing her Husband Genny trained & Qualified becoming the first Radnor Township Women Fire Fighter 1977.
Genny has served many levels in the RFC and is still Active as a RFC EMT.
Many, Many Maguire & Whiteman Family Members have been part of the RFC going back 85+ years. Going forward Radnor Fire Company Chief Michael Maguire is driving his Parents on the Fire engine His Grandfather Joeseph Maguire 2nd drove many years ago. deja vu. All over again!
Virginia Whiteman & Joseph Maguire 3rd Married 1977.
A few years Latter their Son Michael arrived followed by ;JT ..DAN..Ryan.&.Katie all in 8. 5 years.God Bless the Irish!
Over timeThe Maguire Family has expanded with the following additions;
Daughter-in-Laws Amy & Megan.
Son-in-Law Chris.
Grand Sons:
Joseph.& Matthew.
Grand Daughter
Abby.
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Grand Marshall:
The Whitemans are a “Gold Star Family”. Gennys Father Corporal John Whiteman United States Army Serving in the South Pacific was notified his older Brother Sergeant James Whiteman was killed in Europe May 5th 1945.
Today We Remember James Montgomery Whiteman and All 118 Soldiers,Sailors ,Airemen and Marines Who Lost their lives and Futures in Service To OurCountry.
Also Reminisceing with All the Radnor “Gold Star Family’s” They left Behind.
Radnor Township Manager William White, The Radnor Commissioners, Radnor Memorial Day Parade Committee and the Citizens of Radnor Acknowledge & Give Thanks to;
This year’s Memorial Day Grand Marshall’s
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a brief history of memorial day
Memorial Day was borne out of the Civil War and a desire to honor those who have died in service of the United States of America It was officially proclaimed on 5 May 1868 by General John Logan, national commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, in his General Order No. 11. “The 30th of May, 1868, is designated for the purpose of strewing with flowers, or otherwise decorating the graves of comrades who died in defense of their country during the late rebellion, and whose bodies now lie in almost every city, village and hamlet churchyard in the land,” he proclaimed. The date of Decoration Day, as he called it, was chosen because it wasn’t the anniversary of any particular battle.
It is now observed in every state on the last Monday in May with Congressional passage of the National Holiday Act of 1971 (P.L. 90 – 363).
Photos courtesy of Pete Bannan / Main Line Suburban Life