This year’s Memorial Day Parade may take place later this spring — or even in a combined July 4 event — due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The Select Board discussed the possibility of postponing the annual parade at a meeting on April 13. During the meeting the town’s Veterans Service Officer Matthew Brouillette noted that his office has been planning the event in case it goes ahead on Memorial Day, which falls on May 25.

“If all of a sudden there’s a miracle, we’re ready to roll,” he said.

Select Board member David Tatelbaum suggested holding the full event in June instead.

“As a town event, it’s a great event, period,” he said. “And now this year more than ever...It could be a coming out parade for the town that has been in seclusion.”

But Veterans Advisory Board chair Chris Pereira said that if the parade is postponed, the town will still hold small ceremonies to honor the fallen on Memorial Day.

“I think it’s still important, even with everything that’s going on, to still honor the fallen on that day,” he noted. “But we could do both.”

Brouillette suggested tying the parade in with Independence Day on Saturday, July 4, an idea that sat well with many in the room.

“Even though it’s two separate events, the reason why we’re able to celebrate July 4 is because of the people we’re honoring on Memorial Day,” noted Select Board member Shawn McDonald.

But as board member Frank Gracie pointed out, “We don’t know what’s going to happen in the next month.”

At the same meeting, the Select Board also announced the sale of the modular units that used to house the police department.

All nine units were sold to the town of Rehoboth for use by its police department for the sum of $225,000.

“We will sign that agreement, gleefully,” said Select Board chair Stanley Mickelson.

“It’s a fitting final chapter for our old police station,” said Tatelbaum, who recalled that the finance committee hoped they’d be able to get back 25 percent of the value of the buildings. “And we did.”

At the same meeting, the board also voted to extend this year’s real estate tax deadline to June 1 due to the coronavirus pandemic, as allowed by emergency legislation signed by Governor Charlie Baker.

The next Select Board meeting will take place via videoconference on April 27.