Parting Ways Commemoration Ceremony (Plymouth)

The Plymouth 250th Commemoration Committee invites the public to attend a ceremony highlighting one of Plymouth’s most important historic sites, the Parting Ways Cemetery, and the vital role of Black soldiers from Plymouth during the American Revolution on Sunday, Oct. 18 at 1 PM. The ceremony will feature local speakers, an honor guard from American Legion Post 40 of Plymouth, Revolutionary War reenactors from the Hingham militia, the reading of a commemorative resolution from the Massachusetts House of Representatives, and a wreath-laying ceremony honoring the veterans buried at Parting Ways. Dr. Robert A. Bellinger, Associate Professor Emeritus of History at Suffolk University, will deliver the keynote address.