Trivia 5-26-16 Memorial Day Parade

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The following cities claim the honor of having had the oldest Memorial Day Parade in the country, except one.

Which one of the following four cities does not make this claim?

A. Doylestown, PA
B. Gettysburg, PA
C. Sharpsburg, MD
D. Waterloo, NY

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Waterloo, NY John B. Murray, Welles planned the first Memorial Day in Waterloo in 1866, and for 150 consecutive years, Waterloo's citizens have remembered.
Sharpsburg, Md. May 2, 2016 - 149th Annual Memorial Day Commemoration
The 149th Gettysburg Memorial Day parade
Doylestown is holding their 145th Memorial Day Parade
 
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While each makes a claim of an early Memorial Day Parade celebration, the reference i found is that Sharpsburg tells they have the longest running parade. But all others claim to be the earliest, in addition to some not mentioned in the question. So if this is a trick question, I would say they all make claim. If it is not, then Sharpsburg may be the desired answer.

Edit - See edit to post # 31.

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I would like to change my answer please. Gettysburg PA does not seem to claim to be the oldest. Despite the 149 year claim of Gettysburg shown below (1867) it does seems as if it might have been May 30, 1868 following Logan's order.

A. Doylestown PA - claims to be the oldest, 1866
This article identifies the 2011 parade as #145. Which means 2016 is #150 which would be 1866.
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Doylestown is gearing up for tomorrow’s holiday celebration featuring the oldest Memorial Day parade in the country and a service remembering the members of the military who gave their lives fighting for our freedom. The parade dates back 145 years; older by one year than the parades in Brooklyn, New York and Ironton, Ohio.
http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/20...ts-oldest-memorial-day-parade-in-the-country/

B. Gettysburg PA - claims to have started in 1867 (2016 minus 149 = 1867)
The Gettysburg Joint Veterans Memorial Day Commission would like to announce that the 149th Annual Memorial Day parade and ceremony in Gettysburg. This is a great way to remember and honor those men and women who died while serving our country. The 149th Annual Gettysburg Memorial Day parade and ceremony is one of the oldest continuing ceremonies in the country.
http://www.destinationgettysburg.com/event/details/9300

C. Sharpsburg MD - claims to be the oldest; 1867
Antietam National Battlefield Superintendent Susan Trail served as grand marshal. Trail, who has been superintendent for less than a year, said Saturday was her first time attending the parade and it was “wonderful.”
Trail said the town’s tradition of commemorating Memorial Day is one of the earliest in the United States.
“It dates back to the dedication of Antietam National Cemetery on Sept. 17, 1867
, which was the fifth anniversary of that battle,” Trail said. At the time, it was referred to as Decoration Day, Trail said, as people decorated the graves of the war dead with flowers.
http://articles.herald-mail.com/201...ntietam-national-cemetery-memorial-day-parade

Veterans and families later made their pilgrimages, walking from the train station through the town to the National Cemetery. The town’s Memorial Day Parade, begun in the 1860’s, was the first in the nation and continues today as an occasion of solemn remembrance
http://sharpsburgmd.com/history/

D. Waterloo, NY - claims to be the oldest and LBJ gave 'em a certificate to prove it, so there; 1866
On a spring day in 1865, Waterloo, NY druggist Henry C. Welles watched as a lone widow walked to the cemetery to place flowers on the grave of her deceased Civil War soldier husband. How soon they forget, Welles thought, resolving to do something to make sure that those who gave their lives in defense of their country would not be forgotten. Working with Gen. John B. Murray, Welles planned the first Memorial Day in Waterloo in 1866, and for 150 consecutive years, Waterloo’s citizens have remembered.
http://waterloony.com/memorial-day/celebrate-commemorate/
 
Answer - B. Gettysburg.
"The Memorial Day Parade in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, is one of longest running continuous Memorial Day parades in the United States."
http://entertainmentguide.local.com/memorial-day-parade-gettysburg-pennsylvania-6841.html

First Parade claims.
A. Doylestown - "DOYLESTOWN, Pa. (CBS) — It’s the oldest Memorial Day parade in the country and it’s right here in the Philadelphia region."
http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/20...rn-out-for-memorial-day-parade-in-doylestown/

C. Sharpsburg - "The town’s Memorial Day Parade, begun in the 1860’s, was the first in the nation and continues today as an occasion of solemn remembrance."
http://sharpsburgmd.com/history/

D. Waterloo - "Gen. Murray had both the contacts and the organizational skills necessary to plan the first community-wide observance of Memorial Day (originally called Decoration Day), held in Waterloo, NY on May 5, 1866. Remarkably similar to today’s Memorial Day commemorations, Mr. Elkie observes, the event centered on a parade, with banners and flags draped across buildings, and the laying of wreaths on fallen soldiers’ graves."
http://newyorkmakers.com/blogs/maga...-to-remember-the-birthplace-of-memorial-day#0
 
Wow that question sounded easy enough but proved more difficult than I thought!
At first sight each one of the four cities seems to claim a long Memorial Day tradition, so apparently it's the Parade that is important and I hope I'll find the city which does not claim to host the oldest parade ... well, let's see then:

Doylestown, PA does:
http://www.americanweaponscomponents.com/veterans/doylestown-memorial-day-parade-oldest-in-u-s/

Gettysburg says it has “one of the oldest“ Memorial Day parades:
http://visitgettysburgpa.com/event/memorial-day-parade-and-ceremony/

Sharpsburg, MD claims the oldest continious Memorial Day Parade
http://www.visithagerstown.com/events/18139/7762/annual-sharpsburg-memorial-day-parade

Waterloo, NY is the “Birthplace of Memorial Day“, and veterans and residents “marched to the strains of martial music“ - that's defintely a parade at the birthplace!
http://www.fingerlakesdailynews.com/news/details.cfm?id=78970

Okay ... I'm on vacation with only very limited use of internet, so I cannot double check and will have to make a bold guess now... and I think the term “one of the oldest“ is the weakest position of the four choices, so my answer is indeed Gettysburg, PA.
(oh my, oh my, oh my ....)
 
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