A Community Comes Together to Remember
Community members waved to friends and family from the Town Hall hill this morning as the parade continued past. Hundreds lined the parade route, with just as many marching to display what makes them proud to be an American - from baseball uniforms to musical instruments to public service workers. The parade was punctuated by a memorial ceremony for Westport’s fallen service members as well as the nation’s fallen service members. Musical performances, public addresses from veterans and Town officials, and a wreath placement all gave a way for Westporters to come together on Veteran’s Green to remember those we’ve lost while celebrating all that we have. WestportLocal.com photo
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The Westport Memorial Day Parade route. Start: 9:00 AM [Saugatuck Elementary School]
End: 10:30 AM [Memorial Day Ceremony, Veteran’s Green]
2022 Parade Marshall: Jean Wells, SPARS Veteran
2022 Float Contest Theme: Honoring Women Veterans
Line of March:
Honor Division
CT Alumni Drum & Bugle Corps
Westport Police Department
Westport Volunteer EMS
Grand Marshal Yeoman Jean Wells, US Coast Guard SPARS World War II
1st Division
Dignitaries - Selectwomen - RTM Members
Westport Community Band
Connecticut Veterans Honor Guard
Joseph J. Clinton Post 399 - Veterans of Foreign Wars
August Matthias Post 63 - American Legion
VFW Auxiliary 399 Westport Float
Knapp Military Vehicle
2nd Division
Nash Drum Corps
Westport Fire Department
Y's Men of Westport/Weston
Westport Little League Baseball
AA Softball - Peaches
Staples High School Marching Band
Staples Tuition Grants
Westport Soccer Association
Coleytown & Bedford Middle School Marching Band
St. Paul Christian School
Westport Woman's Club
3rd Division
Knights of Columbus - Westport
Suzuki Music School
Boy/Cub Scouts of America
Builders Beyond Borders
Westport Public Works Department
Sustainable Westport
Westport Sunrise Rotary
Col. John Chester Fife and Drum Corps
Girl Scouts of Connecticut - Westport
The United Methodist Church of Westport & Weston
My Team Triumph
Westport Rotary Club
The League of Women Voters of Westport
Junior Colonial Fife & Drum Corps of Westbrook, CT
Morning Weather Report - Memorial Day
Today
Sunny, with a high near 83. Calm wind becoming southwest 5 to 9 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, mostly clear, with a low around 67. Southwest wind 3 to 8 mph.
Tomorrow
Sunny, with a high near 91. West wind 5 to 9 mph.
Tomorrow Night
A 20 percent chance of showers after 9pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 60. West wind 5 to 8 mph becoming east after midnight.
Sirens: First Responders head to Midnight I-95 Crash, Vehicle Rollover
At just before midnight, first responders were dispatched to I-95’s northbound lanes, north of Exit 18, for the reported motor vehicle crash that resulted in a car to roll over. No information has been released.