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Where to find parades across CT
Cities and towns across the Nutmeg State are gearing up to host Memorial Day parades and celebrations this weekend. The holiday, which is celebrated annually on the last Monday in May, honors those who died while serving in the United States Armed Forces. Memorial Day became a federal holiday in 1971, when Congress passed the Uniform Monday Holiday Act.
Ceremonies will take place across the country, with some of the most notable being at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia, where a small American flag is placed on each grave. Additionally, it is customary for the President or Vice President to lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Solider.
In Connecticut, individual towns are holding honorary celebrations to commemorate the holiday. Here’s where to find Memorial Day parades across Connecticut.
Fairfield County
Devyn Kurtz waves a flag with friends and family at Wilton’s Memorial Day parade in 2022. This year’s parade is slated to step off at 10 a.m. Monday, May 29.
Bryan Haeffele/Hearst Connecticut MediaByram
Sunday, May 28 at 2 p.m.
Start location is 300 Delevan Ave.
Danbury
Monday, May 29 at 9:30 a.m
Start location is at the intersection of Rose Street and Main Street and the parade will travel to Roger’s Park.
Darien
Monday, May 29 at 10 a.m.
Fairfield
Monday, May 29 at 10 a.m.
Start location is the Fairfield School of Rock at 1976 Post Road.
The Ninth District Veterans Auxiliary marches in the Memorial Day Parade in the Glenville section of Greenwich, Conn. Sunday, May 29, 2022. Presented by the 9th District Veterans Association and the Glenville Volunteer Fire Company, the parade and ceremony honored the veterans’ lives lost in battle.
Tyler Sizemore / Hearst Connecticut MediaGreenwich
Monday, May 29 at 10 a.m.
Start location is Sound Beach Avenue.
New Canaan
Monday, May 29 at 9 a.m.
Start location is at St. Marks Church at 111 Oenoke Ridge.
Norwalk
Monday, May 29 at 10 a.m.
Start location is at Veterans Park at 42 Seaview Ave.
Ridgefield
Monday, May 29 at 11:30 a.m.
Start location is Jesse Lee Church at 207 Main St.
Stamford
Sunday, May 28 at noon
Start location is the Stamford Police Department at 725 Bedford St.
Trumbull
Monday, May 29 at 10 a.m.
Start location is Main Street.
Westport
Monday, May 29 at 9 a.m.
Start location is Riverside Avenue.
Wilton
Monday, May 29 at 10 a.m.
Start location is 21 River Road.
Litchfield County
Goshen
Sunday, May 28 at 2 p.m.
New Milford
Monday, May 29 at 8 a.m.
Start location is at the New Milford Library at 24 Main St.
Roxbury
Monday, May 29 at 10 a.m.
Start location is the Town Green.
Torrington
Monday, May 29 at 9:30 a.m.
Start location is 140 Main St.
Watertown – Oakville
Monday, May 29 at 10 a.m.
Start location is the Waterton Plaza at 1167 Main St.
Winchester
Monday, May 29 at 12:15 p.m.
Start location is East End Park.
Woodbury
Sunday, May 28 at 2 p.m.
Start location is Woodbury Middle School at 67 Washington Ave.
Hartford County
East Hartford
Monday, May 29 at 10 a.m.
Start location is Riverside Drive. Attendees may park at Goodwin University.
Glastonbury
Monday, May 29 at 9 a.m.
Start location is the intersection of Main Street and Hubbard Street.
Granby
Monday, May 29 at 10 a.m.
Start location is the Geissler’s parking lot at 9J Bank St.
Manchester
Monday, May 29 at 9 a.m.
Start location is at Bennet Academy.
Plainville
Monday, May 29 at 9 a.m.
Start location is at the intersection of Broad Street and Whiting Street.
Rocky Hill
Monday, May 29 at 9:30 a.m.
Start location is Rocky Hill High School at 50 Chapin Ave.
Simsbury
Monday, May 29 at 1:30 p.m.
Start location is the intersection of Owens Brook Boulevard and Hopmeadow Street.
South Windsor
Monday, May 29 at 10 a.m.
Start location is Veteran’s Memorial Park at 575 Pleasant Valley Road.
West Hartford
Monday, May 29 at 10 a.m.
Start location is the designated area west of Woodrow Street on Farmington Avenue.
Wethersfield
Saturday, May 27 at 9 a.m.
Start location is State Street across from the DMV.
Windsor
Monday, May 29 at 9 a.m.
Start location is Veterans Cemetery at 122 East St.
Windsor Locks
Monday, May 29 at 10 a.m.
Start location is the Windsor Locks Safety Complex.
New Haven County
New Haven veterans and officials approach the Vietnam Memorial at Vietnam Veterans Memorial Park at Long Wharf for the first of New Haven’s two Memorial Day observances on Sunday, May 29, 2022.
Mark Zaretsky / Hearst Connecticut MediaDerby-Shelton
Monday, May 29 at 9 a.m.
Start location is at the intersection of Wharf Street and Howe Avenue.
Hamden
Monday, May 29 at 10 a.m.
Start location is Hamden High School.
Madison
Monday, May 29 at 10 a.m.
Start location is the intersection Samson Rock Drive and the Boston Post Road.
New Haven
Sunday, May 29 at 10 a.m.
Ceremony begins at Vietnam Veterans Memorial Park at Long Wharf Drive.
North Branford
Monday, May 29 at 10 a.m.
Start location is Commerce Drive.
Orange
Sunday, May 28 at 10:30 a.m.
Southbury
Monday, May 29 at 11 a.m.
Start location is at the Pomperaug Office Park.
Wallingford
Monday, May 29 at 1 p.m.
Start location is Dutton Park.
West Haven
Monday, May 29 at 10:30 a.m.
Start location is Campbell Avenue.
Woodbridge
Monday, May 29 at 11 a.m.
Start location is the Veterans Monument at 4 Meetinghouse Lane.
New London County
Colchester
Sunday, May 28 at 12:30 p.m.
Lebanon
Saturday, May 27 at 10 a.m.
Mystic
Moday, May 29 at 2 p.m.
Start location is Water Street.
Norwich
Monday, May 29 at noon.
Start location is at St. Patrick’s Cathedral at 213 Broadway.
Waterford
Friday, May 26 at 6 p.m.
Location is Veteran’s Memorial Green.
Middlesex County
Members of the Haddam Volunteer Fire Co. and HVFC Auxiliary marched in local Memorial Day parade in Higganum center.
Olivia Drake / Contributed photoChester
Monday, May 29 at 9 a.m.
Start location is the St. Joseph’s Parish Center parking lot at 48 Middlesex Ave.
Clinton
Monday, May 29 ay 11 a.m.
Start location is Main Street.
East Haddam
Monday, May 29 at 10 a.m.
Start location is Town Street.
Westbrook
Monday, May 29 at 10 a.m.
Start location is South Main Street.
Tolland County
Andover
Monday, May 29 at 9 a.m.
Bolton
Monday, May 29 at 10 a.m.
Start location is the Bolton Center School at 108 Notch Road.
Mansfield
Monday, May 29 at 9 a.m.
Stafford
Monday, May 29 at 11 a.m.
Start location is the the intersection of East Main Street and Furnace Avenue.
Windham County
Killingly
Monday, May 29 at 1 p.m.
