Vernon Memorial Day Parade Is Back For 2022, Vets Invited To March

VERNON, CT — Vernon's Memorial Day Parade is returning for 2022 and, more than ever, town officials are seeking local veterans to march and take part in the services.

This year, Memorial Day is on Monday, May 30. The parade will step off at 10:30 a.m. at Northeast School, pause briefly at Grove Hill Cemetery for a ceremony, and then continue on Grove Street and onto East Main Street and into downtown Rockville.

Another ceremony will take place after the parade ends at the Veterans Memorial in Central Park, located in front of Vernon Town Hall.

The parade is designed to honor the men and women of the armed forces who gave the last full measure of devotion in the service of the nation. Vernon’s Memorial Day parade was called off in 2020 and 2021 because of the coronavirus pandemic and and in 2019 because of weather.

"Memorial Day is a solemn and important holiday that gives us an opportunity to remember and honor those
who have given their lives in the service of freedom," Vernon Mayor Daniel Champagne said. "I hope Vernon veterans will join us for the parade, and that residents will join us along the parade route and in Central Park after the parade to honor the Vernon and Rockville fighting men and women who died in our nation's wars."

Local veterans who would like to participate in the parade are being urged to call the mayor's office at 860-870-3601.