Memorial Day Parade, Military Breakfast Planned

Hillsborough will mark Memorial Day weekend in 2026 with a veterans’ breakfast, a parade and a ceremony on Saturday, May 23. (patch.com) The day starts with the Salute to Military Service Breakfast at 7:30 a.m. at the Peter J. Biondi Municipal Building. The parade follows at 10 a.m. from the intersection of Auten and Triangle roads and ends at the Garden of Honor, where the commemoration program is scheduled to conclude. (patch.com) Patch reported the parade lineup will include Hillsborough High School’s marching band, veterans, youth groups, antique cars, military vehicles and fire trucks. The breakfast is open to Hillsborough military service personnel, and the township requires registration through Parks and Recreation or by phone. (patch.com) Mayor Catherine Payne announced in March that Army veteran and Hillsborough Township Police Corporal Frank Polizzi will serve as grand marshal for the 2026 program. Township officials said Polizzi served in the United States Army from 2011 to 2019 and reached the rank of sergeant while moving between active duty and the Reserve. (hillsboroughnj.gov) Hillsborough has run the breakfast, parade and Garden of Honor program for years. A township notice for the 2025 event called it the 15th annual Salute to Military Service Breakfast and Memorial Day Parade, and a 2024 notice said the broader commemoration had been held for 18 years. (hillsboroughnj.gov) (hillsborough-nj.org) The township has used the same basic format in recent years: breakfast first, parade second, ceremony last. In 2024, officials invited veterans and active-duty personnel, along with spouses, to take part in the morning program before the Memorial Day observances. (hillsboroughnj.gov) (hillsborough-nj.org) The 2026 announcement also comes as Hillsborough shifts residents to a new municipal website. The township’s former site now directs visitors to hillsboroughnj.gov for current news, services and event information. (hillsborough-nj.org) For Hillsborough, the next date on the calendar is May 23, 2026, when veterans will lead the parade route to the Garden of Honor. (patch.com)