The Danbury Council of Veterans Proudly Presents the Danbury Memorial Day Parade on Monday, May 28.
This year's parade theme is “Remembering Our Deceased Veterans, Honoring the Men and Women who served Our Country and displaying the American Flag”.
MEMORIAL SERVICE: 6:30 am - Father Samuel Scott, Saint Joseph Church, 370 Main Street, Danbury
PLACING OF WREATHS: 7:10 am
HONORARY GRAND MARSHAL
Mr. Robert Krokovich Sr. America Legion Post #60
Danbury Police Department “Honor Guard”
Honored Guests
Thomas Saadi…..Commissioner CT Dept. of Veterans Affairs.…Main Speaker
Kathy Shemeley…President – CT POW-MIA Forget-Me-Nots….Guest Speaker
Also present will be many Danbury City Officials including Mayor Mark Boughton, Police Chief Patrick Ridenhour and Fire Chief TJ Wiedl.
FLYOVER
The "Flying Yankees" of the 103rd Airlift Wing, a unit of the Connecticut Air National Guard, stationed at Bradley Air National Guard Base will provide a FLYOVER by a C-130H Hercules. The C-130H Hercules is a four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft. Capable of using unprepared runways for takeoffs and landings, the C-130 was originally designed as a troop, medical evacuation, and cargo transport aircraft. Its mission is providing theater cargo and passenger airlift.
Honoring the sacrifices of the men and women who served in the Armed Forces of this nation, the Skydiving Demo Team led by Kay Hoiby of the Blue Sky Ranch, Gardiner,NY (skydivetheranch.com) together with Tandem Master John Kieran w/Stacey Ambrose and, Kevin Gomez will be parachuting into Rogers Park at the baseball field adjacent to the Junior High School and behind the Memorial Parade reviewing Stand at approximately 10:45am to 11:00am.
Parade Awards
1st PLACE FLOAT
2nd PLACE FLOAT
BEST COLOR GUARD (not associated with a band)
MOST IN LINE OF MARCH (Veterans Organization)
All units will receive a Banner, a Certificate and 2019 Application JUDGES: Mr. John Esposito City of Danbury Mr. Dan Jowdy City of Danbury Mr. Warren Levy City of Danbury
PARADE ANNOUNCER: Jon Schlemmer
To learn more about Danbury's Memorial Day Parade and Ceremony details, click here.