On Monday, May 25, the town will celebrate Memorial Day with its annual ceremony at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery. In anticipation of this celebration, community members have been gathering each Saturday in May to place flags on the graves of veterans.
The next volunteer flag placing event is Saturday, May 16, from 9 a.m. to noon. Participants gather at the cemetery vault near the administration building.
The array of flags will be on display during Arlington’s Memorial Day observances, which are scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. that Monday. The full itinerary of events is available below.
Memorial Day, Monday, May 25:
9 to 9:45 a.m. – Community gathering of remembrance at the Robbins Memorial Town Hall Auditorium (Doors open at 8:30 a.m.)
9:45 a.m. to 10 a.m. – All are invited move across the Town Hall Garden to the Old Burying Ground adjacent to the Whittemore Robbins House.
10 to 10:15 a.m. – Decoration of memorial sites at the Old Burying Ground
10 to 10:25 a.m. – All attending invited to assemble in the driveway between Robbins Library and the First Parish of Arlington and join in procession to Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
10:30 to 10:50 a.m. – Procession steps off and moves down Mass. Avenue, up Medford Street, then in through the third gate of Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
This news item, published on May 15, 2026, was written using information provided by the town.
