WASHINGTON -- War veterans will be honored during Washington Days, a two-day festival slated for this weekend.

A parade honoring veterans will kick off the celebrations at 11 a.m. The parade will start at the Prescott Memorial School and run along Route 220 to Bartlett's Garage, past the fire station.

Paulette Oboyski, Washington Day event coordinator, said she knows of at least 20 veterans who will be in the parade along with honor guards.

"Sunday morning there's a public breakfast at the fire station put on by the Mt. Olivet Masons and all the proceeds are going to the York Beach VFW in honor of our veterans' recognition," Oboyski said today. "They put packages together and send them over to our soldiers in Afghanistan and Iraq."