Highland Avenue was lined with flag wavers of all ages on Sunday for the 2008 Memorial Day Parade. More than 40 marching bands, community and school groups, and more than 200 Aleppo Shriners, performed throughout the 2.3 mile route.

Also marching from Somerville High School to Teele Square were three distinguished Grand Marshals: attorney James A. O’Donovan, a World War II veteran of the U.S. Army and a former City Solicitor; Joseph M. Steen, a veteran of the U.S. Air Force who served during the Korean conflict; and Captain James J. Galvin a retired US Navy officer and  SWIFT Boat commander during the Vietnam War.