New Canaan Memorial Day Parade 2022 Details Released

NEW CANAAN, CT — The town of New Canaan and the Howard M. Bossa and Peter C. Langenus Post 653 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States are pleased to announce plans for a traditional Memorial Day parade and Memorial Day ceremony Monday.

According to a news release, the ceremony will take place at Lakeview Cemetery following the parade.

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"Each year we gather to remember with gratitude and honor the proud men and women who gave their lives while serving in the U.S. Armed Forces to protect and preserve a life of freedom for all Americans," the release reads.

All residents are invited to attend the parade and ceremony. The line of march will be released Thursday, according to town officials.

The grand marshal for the parade will be Don Hersam. The VFW Honored Unit will be New Canaan Health Director Jenifer Eielson and her Health Department team, Town Medical Director David Reed and Schools Medical Director Harrison Pierce.

The parade will start at 9:30 a.m. at the traditional start in the St. Mark's Church parking lot on Oenoke Ridge Road. The parade route will change this year back to the traditional way.

After proceeding down Oenoke Ridge to upper Main Street, past the Wayside Cross and past the firehouse and Town Hall, the parade route will continue straight down Main Street until arriving at the entrance of Lakeview Cemetery where parade marchers can enter the cemetery for the ceremony or can disperse south on lower Main Street.

No street parking will be allowed on Main Street from 8 a.m. until the parade finishes.

The Memorial Ceremony at Lakeview Cemetery after the parade will be conducted under the direction of Post 653 VFW Commander Mike McGlinn and will include remarks by First Selectman Kevin Moynihan, with John Kowalski as a guest speaker. Rev. Scott Herr of the First Presbyterian Church will give the invocation and benediction.

In the event of heavy rain, a parade cancelation notice will be posted on the town website.

In the event of parade cancelation, a Memorial Ceremony will be conducted at Town Hall at 10 a.m. with limited public seating.