Clinton Memorial Day Parade Details Announced

CLINTON, CT — Clinton’s Memorial Day Parade will begin at 11 a.m. on Monday, May 27. Formation of the main parade will begin at 10:50 a.m. at Post Office Square and parking lots. The Morgan band and the National Guard form at the Liberty Bank parking lot.

There are several formal ceremonies planned for Monday morning prior to the parade. Residents are welcomed to respectfully participate in these observances, according to town officials. The ceremonies will begin at the Beaverbrook Cemetery on Route 145 at 8:55 a.m. Read more from the First Selectman’s Office below:

A.L. COMMANDER & A.L. AUX PRESIDENTWILL PLACE A WEATH AT THE FLAG POLE

PRAYER BY REVEREND STEVEN HOSKING

FIRING OF VOLLEYS BY AMERICAN LEGION FIRING SQUAD

TAPS: MORGAN SCHOOL BAND

AT 9:15 A.M. CLINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT

COLOR GUARDS WILL FORM IN FRONT OF POLICE DEPT MONUMENT AND PLACE A WREATH

PRAYER BY REVEREND STEVEN HOSKING

FIRING OF VOLLEYS BY AMERICAN LEGION FIRING SQUAD

TAPS: MORGAN SCHOOL BAND

9:30 A.M. CATHOLIC CEMETERY, BEACH PARK ROAD

PLACING OF WREATH BY VFW COMMANDER

PRAYER BY FATHER MICHAEL GIANNITELLI

FIRING OF VOLLEYS BY AMERICAN LEGION FIRING SQUAD

TAPS: MORGAN SCHOOL BAND

10:00 A.M. WAR MONUMENT, TOWN HALL

THE FIRST SELECTMAN, VFW CDR & AMER. LEG. CDR WILL PLACE WREATHS

10:10 A.M. INDIAN RIVER CEMETERY

MUSIC WILL BE PERFORMED BY THE JARED ELIOT SCHOOL BAND

CEREMONIES AT THE TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER

READING: I WALKED AMONG THE GRAVESTONES: U.S. SAILOR

THE FIRST SELECTMAN, VFW CDR. & AMER. LEG. CDR. WILL PLACE WREATHS

PRAYER BY REVEREND DIANA ROGERS

FIRING OF VOLLEYS BY AMERICAN LEGION FIRING SQUAD

TAPS: JARED ELIOT SCHOOL BAND

10:30 A.M. MARCH TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT

WE HONOR THE CLINTON FIRE DEPT AND THOSE OF ALL SERVICES LOST AT SEA

PRAYER BY REVEREND DIANA ROGERS

“COLOR GUARD, ATTENTION. PRESENT ARMS”

“HONOR FIREMAN…STRIKE NINE BELLS IN HONOR OF THOSE LOST IN THE LINE OF DUTY!”

SIMULTANEOUSLY:

“THE METHODAIRES” SING “THE NAVY HYMN”.

LOWER WREATH INTO INDIAN RIVER HONORING THOSE LOST AT SEA: A.L. CDR & A.L. AUX PRESIDENT

PLACING OF WREATHS AT FIRE DEPARTMENT MONUMENT.

FIRING OF VOLLEYS

TAPS: JARED ELIOT SCHOOL BAND

10:45 A.M. MARCH TO VETERANS BRICK WALK IN LIBERTY PARK

MARCH TOWARD POST OFFICE SQUARE. PARADE STOPS ON RT.1 IN FRONT OF VETERANS BRICK WALK/LIBERTY PARK. WREATH LAYING AT BRICK WALK. PARADE THEN PROCEEDS TO POST OFFICE SQUARE. VFW CDR & AMER. LEGION CDR.

10:50 A.M. FORMATION OF MAIN PARADE

POST OFFICE SQUARE AND PARKING LOTS. MORGAN BAND AND NAT’L GUARD FORMS AT LIBERTY BANK PARKING LOT.