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Greater Danbury area towns mark Memorial Day with services, parades

A 5K Raccoon Fun Run and Kids One-mile Run is being held Saturday morning at Redding Elementary School.  The 5K begins at 8:45am, the kids run starts at 10:15.  The annual Memorial Day parade in Redding is from noon to 1 pm.  Participants line up at Redding Elementary School at 11:30am.  A noon ceremony will lead off the parade, which will end at the Memorial Stone in the green at the intersection of Cross Highway and Sanfordtown Road.

 

On Sunday, Monroe will host its 2015 Memorial Day Parade with a theme of “Honoring our Heroes – Past and Present”. The parade will begin at 2pm. with participants travelling north from Elm Street and Route 111 to the Monroe Green.  Local veterans, military groups and the Monroe Police Department will be joined by local and state elected officials and volunteer fire companies.  Immediately following the parade, the town’s Memorial Day Ceremony will take place at the War Memorial in front of Town Hall.  “Taps” and patriotic songs will be played.  There will also be a presentation of the wreaths in honor of fallen heroes.

 

Also on Sunday, the Brookfield Historical Society's Strawberry Shortcake Festival will be held.  The event follows the Town's Memorial Day Parade between 12:30 and 3pm.   It will be held outside the Brookfield Museum located at the intersection of Routes 25 and 133 in Brookfield Center. The parade ends near the museum parking lot where strawberry shortcake and soft drinks will be sold to support future public programs of the Society. 

 

Danbury hosts its 2015 Memorial Day Parade on Monday at 9:30am.  The parade route runs from Kennedy Park to Rogers Park along Main Street.  Following the parade, Parachutists will descend into the Westerner's Baseball field just past the review stand.  A Ceremonial Service will be held at the Rose Memorial Garden to honor deceased veterans.

 

The Weston Volunteer Fire Department is once again participating in the Memorial Day parade on Monday, at 10:45am, with the lineup starting at 9:30.  There will be a brief ceremony at Weston Town Hall immediately after the parade.  As parade sponsor, the Weston Volunteer Fire Department will offer free refreshments at the firehouse after the ceremony.

 

The Ridgefield Memorial Day Parade starts at 11:30am Monday at Jesse Lee United Methodist Church and progresses down Main Street.

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