Saturday, May 28
Middlebury Lions Club members place flags on the graves of veterans buried in Middlebury cemeteries.
Sunday, May 29
Veterans’ Memorial Day Ceremony
The Middlebury Lions Club will honor our fallen military heroes in a ceremony at noon at the Middlebury Cemetery on Route 64. It will include an honor guard and rifle salute from the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Local Boy Scouts will raise the flag at the start of the ceremony and lower it as taps are played. Local clergy will offer prayers of invocation and benediction, Middlebury selectmen will speak, and Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address will be read.
Veterans’ Reception
All veterans are welcome to attend a reception at 4 p.m. at the corner of Bronson Drive and Whittemore Road in Middlebury.
Middlebury Parade
Those with convertibles are welcome to show up on Bronson Drive at 4 p.m. to provide parade transportation for our veterans.
The parade will kick off at 5 p.m., traveling from Bronson Drive past the Green to Town Hall for a ceremony of remembrance. The speaker this year will be retired Lt. Col. Michael O’Connor of the Army National Guard.
Woodbury’s annual Memorial Day Parade will be Sunday afternoon, rain or shine. Marchers will line up at the Woodbury Middle School parking lot at 1 p.m. The parade will begin promptly at 2 p.m.
The parade route will follow School Street to Route 6 and then proceed on Route 6 to Cannon Green, where a ceremony will take place.
Monday, May 30
Southbury Parade
The Southbury Memorial Day Parade will begin at 11 a.m. at the Pomperaug Office Park and continue down Main Street South to the Memorial Green for services honoring those who served our country. Join the Family Day Picnic afterwards at 12 p.m. at Ballantine Park. Food and drinks will be sold by the Boy Scouts or bring your own. There will be music and fun for the kids.
Middlebury Recreational Area
The Middlebury Recreational Area will be open Saturday, Sunday and Monday for the Memorial Day weekend. It will be open Saturday, May 28, and Sunday, May 29, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Monday, May 30, from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
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