These events are not sponsored by the Top of the Common Committee but are wonderful gatherings to check out! They are in addition to the annual Maple Festival (March), Open Mic (May-Sept), Wednesdays on the Common (June-Sept), Grub on the Green (Sept), and Gingerbread Bazaar (Dec).
Saturday May 3rd

9:00 - 1:00 pm

2:00 am - 3:00 pm
A Community effort to clean up our roadsides
A performance in Tribute to Our Veterans
What a day ~ a medley of springtime choices for all ages! Do some roadside clean up for a couple of hours or for the entire morning. Do your own thing for lunch or take in the free BBQ on the Common. Enjoy cake and ice cream as a part of the free BBQ or not, hang around or get on to other things in your day. Get to know the members of the Iron Sights as they set up for their 2:00 pm performance, settle in for a musical tribute to our veterans, and help yourself to some free cake and ice cream at any time through 3:00 pm.
9:00 am: Come by the Lunenburg Common to grab your bags and gloves. Green up along your road or a road you travel on. Green Up bags can be left along the side of the road as our road/town crew will come along and pick them up.
1:00 pm: Come BACK to the Common for a FREE BBQ to celebrate your efforts! (including some cake and ice cream)
2:00 - 3:00 pm:
Welcome the
Iron Sights, of the 40th
Army Band, to the Lunenburg Common for “A Performance in Tribute to Our Veterans”. This is a free event, complete with cake and ice cream!
This musical gathering highlights Lunenburg’s multi-generational (school children to octogenarians) year-round expression of honor and celebration of all veterans and their families, and the hard work of our local veterans. The
Iron Sights
will be providing one full hour of first-class entertainment through various rock selections with a little rhythm and blues mixed in.
Formed in 2018, the seven members of
Iron Sights are all musicians of the 40th Army Band, based out of the Green Mountain Armory at Camp Johnson in Colchester, Vermont. The 40th Army Band is one of the Vermont Army National Guard’s Quick Reaction Force teams, remaining equipped and ready to protect life and property across the state, as well as defend the United States and its interests all over the globe. The band’s members pursue varied civilian occupations including careers in the fields of technology, law, medicine, sales, construction, education and governmental public service.
NOTE: Bring along a lawn chair if you'd like; rain location will be in the Old Congregational Church building at the top of the Common.
FMI: 802-892-6654 (voice) questions@topofthecommon.org
Extended hours in 2025!
Now opening at 9 a.m. on Thursday and Saturday

Story Hour
A time for stories, crafts, learning,
and making new friends
Every Saturday - 10:30 to 11:30 a.m
Alden Balch Memorial Library
24 East Main Street, Lunenburg, Vermont
From past event veteran events:
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Lunenburg
Veterans Day Ceremony - November 11, 2021 video
recording
HERE
This includes the last reflection given by Major Malcolm (Mac) Downing to the Lunenburg-Gilman students.
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Lunenburg Memorial Day Ceremony
- May 30, 2022 video recording
HERE
This includes the dedication of flags to the late Major Malcolm (Mac) Downing and the re-dedication of the Civil War Cannon