Brookfield Historical Society Hosts Annual Strawberry Festival

Billy Michael right and members of his Jazz for Juniors Band will perform at this year’s Strawberry Shortcake Festival hosted by the Brookfield Historical Society.

The Festival will take place on May 24 between 12:30 and 3 p.m

It will be held outside the Brookfield Museum located at the intersection of Routes 25 and 133 in Brookfield

Center, following the Town’s Memorial Day parade. The parade ends nearthe museum parking lot where strawberry shortcake and soft drinks will besold to support future public programs of the Society.

The band, provided by Hegarty Realty, will be on hand in the park behind the Historical Society building to entertain and a display of antique and vintage automobiles will also be featured in the parking lot.

At the same time, within the Society’s Museum, the fifth annual Brookfield War Memorial exhibit will be open to the public.

It is a moving display, which honors 44 former Brookfield residents who gave their lives while in the military, in service to the United States.

Admission is free and the public is encouraged to attend. For more information on this and other upcoming events of the Brookfield Historical Society, log onto www.brookfieldcthistory.org and click on the program calendar.

Image courtesy Brookfield Historical Society

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