The theme of our Parade is ‘To remember with gratitude and honor the proud men and women who gave their lives while serving in the US Armed Forces to protect and preserve a life of freedom for all Americans’.
Start time is at 9:30 A.M. and will conclude with the ceremony at Lakeview Cemetery.
LINE OF MARCH:
The Exchange Club and their Drum & Fyfe Band will march before the parade starts and hand out American flags.
1. Grand Marshal
2. Colors
3. Veterans
4. Veteran Trailer
5. Town Band
6. Town Officials, Clergy and Board of Education
7. Police Department
8. US Naval Sea Cadets Corps
9. Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR)
10. Girl Scouts & Brownies
11. Knights of Columbus
12. Boy Scouts & Cub Scouts
13. New Canaan Volunteer Ambulance Corps
14. Mount Kisco Scottish Bagpipers
15. Fire Department
16. Vista Fire Department
17. CERT - Community Emergency Response Team
18. New Canaan Mounted Troop
19. New Canaan Historical Society
20. New Canaan High School Band
21. New Canaan Baseball
22. New Canaan Softball
23. YMCA Guides & Princesses
24. Staying Put in New Canaan
25. GetAbout Van
26. New Canaan Beautification League
27. Town of New Canaan Department of Public Works (DPW)
MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY - LAKEVIEW CEMETERY
2. Invocation - Clergy
3. Star Spangled Banner - Raising of the Flag - Town Band
4. Pledge of Allegiance - First Selectman
5. Veterans Ceremony - First Selectman introduces VFW Commander
6. Guest Speaker
7. Girl Scouts – God Bless America
8. VFW - Gun Salute - Taps
9. Town Band
10. Benediction - Clergy
11. Final Announcements - First Selectman