Schedule Posted For Mansfield Memorial Day Parade

MANSFIELD, CT — Mansfield will observe Memorial Day on May 30, 2022.

A parade is scheduled to begin at 9 at 9 p.m. at the intersection of Route 195 and Bassetts Bridge Road in Mansfield Center. It will travel North on Route 195, down Cemetery Road to the New Mansfield Center Cemetery.

A short ceremony will take place at the cemetery, where the Rev. Jim Mercurio from the First United Methodist Church of Mansfield will give the invocation and benediction. Local Veteran Christopher Paulhus will lead the Pledge of Allegiance and USAF Veteran Dr. Carlita Cotton will give the main address.

Music will be provided by the Mansfield Middle School Band and the E.O. Smith Regional High School Band.

Three volleys will be fired and taps will be sounded at both the New Mansfield Center Cemetery and the Old Mansfield Cemetery in honors for the fallen.

All veterans and active duty personnel are invited to march at the head of the parade. We are honored to have our veterans and service personnel join us on Bassetts Bridge Road at 8:30 AM on Memorial Day.

In the event of inclement weather, an abbreviated ceremony will be held in the Mansfield Middle School Gymnasium at 9:00AM.