2 Memorial Day Parades Set For Vernon This Holiday Weekend

VERNON, CT — Both traditional Memorial Day parades are on tap for this weekend in Vernon — in Rockville on Monday, and a Sunday in the Talcottville section of town.

The Talcottville parade is slated to step off at 9 a.m. Sunday at the Talcottville Congregational Church.

It travels from Elm Hill Road to Main Street to Mount Hope Cemetery for a ceremony in front of the Civil War
monument. The parade then reverses course and returns to the church. The parade will end at about 10 a.m.
The parade will feature local dignitaries, the Colonel John Chester Fife and Drum Corps, the Nathan Hale
Ancient Fifes and Drums, and the 14th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, Co. G, a group of Civil War re-enactors.

On Monday, the Vernon Memorial Day parade is scheduled to step off at 10 a.m. from Northeast School.

It travels first to Grove Hill Cemetery for a ceremony at Lugg Memorial Field.

The parade then travels onto Grove Street to East Main Street and to Downtown Rockville.

"This is our first parade since 2019 and I am looking forward to joining residents to honor and remember
the men and women of our armed forces who have lost their lives during wartime," Mayor Daniel Champagne
said. "While many view Memorial Day as the kickoff to summer, I hope people will take a minute to remember
the sacrifices so many families have made since our nation's founding 246 years ago."

The parade features local veterans, the Rockville High School Marching Band, the Town of Fire Department,
the Vernon Police Honor Guard, scouting groups, local dignitaries and others.

Before the parade arrives in Downtown Rockville, the Sphinx Shriners Motor Patrol will entertain the crowd.

A ceremony at the Veterans Memorial in Central Park follows the parade. A flyover by a Connecticut Air National Guard aircraft is expected between 10:50 and 11:10 a.m.

The town of Vernon and the Rockville American Legion Post host the parade.