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Westporters Celebrate Memorial Day with a Parade and a Multitude of Events
Image - Westport Veterans honoring the fallen pass in front of Town Hall
The Memorial Day weekend was topped off on Monday with a gala parade honoring the sons and daughters of Westporters who have fallen in the service of their country.  Weather that threatened to become damp and blustery gave way to fairly sunny skies and a festive atmosphere that was sustained all along the parade route.  The parade kicked off shortly after 9AM as the first police honor guard crossed the Saugatuck River and then proceeded down Myrtle Avenue past the reviewing stands at Town Hall.  Main Street, the town's commercial hub, stood eerily silent during the parade; it has been more than ten years since Main Street has been used as part of the parade route.

Parade participants included many of the town's veterans, civic organizations and prominent figures, as well as numerous marching bands that played spirited patriotic songs.  Leading the veterans' contingents was First Selectman Diane Goss Farrell, who often broke from the parade route to greet people in the crowd and to press on with the town's business.  "I owe you a phone call, don't I?", she mentioned with a smile to one person in the crowd.

The parade also included floats from the Veterans of Foreign Wars, The local chapter of the Cancer Society, as well as many vintage cars, some sponsored, and some just along for a fine day's ride.

Elsewhere in town, the day was marked with rememberences at local gravesites, including those of soldiers from the War of Independence, and festive activities at area beaches and backyards.  

5/29/00 John Blossom

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