Where to find CT’s Memorial Day parades and ceremonies

In honor of Memorial Day on Monday, communities across Connecticut are gearing up to commemorate the holiday with parades, ceremonies, flyovers and the placing of U.S. flags on graves.

The holiday honors soldiers who have fought in the U.S. military and died protecting and defending the nation. Celebrated on the last Monday of May, Memorial Day’s early traditions of simply placing U.S. flags on graves have endured and evolved to actions, including reading of the fallen’s names and collecting nonperishable food items and monetary donations to support local veterans.

Here are Memorial Day events taking place around the state, weather permitting.

Monday, 10 a.m. Parade will start at the Goodwives Shopping Center on Old Kings Highway, to Brookside Road, then Post Road, concluding at Spring Grove Cemetery.

Monday, 9:30 a.m. Parade will march on Main Street.

Monday, 10 a.m. Parade starts from South Pine Creek Road, along Post Road to the library, then to Old Post Road to Flint’s Corner, passing the town green and continuing to South Benson Road. The Rotary Club will be collecting nonperishable food items and monetary donations along the route to support local veterans.

Monday, 10 a.m. Parade starts at the intersection of Shore Acre Drive and Sound Beach Avenue, concluding at Binney Park on Binney Park Drive. 

Sunday, 1 p.m. Parade starts at Lower Elm Street and Route 111, concluding at the War Memorial at the Town Hall Green. A memorial ceremony will follow. In the case of inclement weather, a ceremony will be held at 2 p.m. in the Town Hall Council Chambers.

Monday, 9:30 a.m. Parade steps off from St. Mark’s Church, 111 Oenoke Ridge, to Oenoke Ridge, to upper Main Street, past the Wayside Cross at God’s Acre, past the firehouse and Town Hall, to Main Street, concluding at Lakeview Cemetery, 352 Main St. A ceremony at the cemetery will follow.

Monday, 10 a.m. Parade starts at Veterans Park and proceeds to the Town Green on East Avenue.

Saturday, noon. Parade starts at Redding Elementary School gym, 33 Lonetown Road.

Monday, 10 a.m. Parade will march down Main Street.

Monday, 9 a.m. Parade starts at Riverside Avenue, to Post Road East, to Myrtle Avenue, past Town Hall, to Main Street, concluding at Parker Harding Plaza. Services will immediately follow at Veterans Green.

Monday, 10 a.m. Parade starts at the Canton Community Center, 40 Dyer Center, through Collinsville via Dyer and Maple Avenue, concluding with a memorial service at Collinsville Cemetery on Huckleberry Hill. In the event of cancellation, a veterans coffee hour will be held at 9 a.m. at Canton High School with a ceremony in the auditorium at 10 a.m.

Monday, 10 a.m. Parade starts at 9 Riverside Drive to the Fallen Star Memorial at Goodwin University, with a commemorative program at the memorial immediately following, concluding with a family friendly celebration with food trucks, music, activities and vendors.

Monday, 10 a.m. Parade starts at the East Windsor Town Hall Annex, 25 School St. A memorial ceremony will be held around 10:45 a.m. at the Town Green.

Sunday, 1 p.m. Parade starts at Enfield Street School, 1318 Enfield St., and continues north on Enfield Street to the Enfield Town Green. A wreath ceremony with a military gun salute will follow.

Monday, 9 a.m. Parade starts at the intersection of Main and Welles streets and continues south down Main Street to the Hubbard Street Green monuments. A ceremony will follow. After the ceremony, there will be an open house at the Glastonbury Elks Club, 98 Woodland St. In the case of inclement weather, a ceremony will be held at 9:30 a.m. in the Glastonbury High School gym, 330 Hubbard St.

Monday, 9:30 a.m. Parade starts at the Army and Navy Club, 1090 Main St., to East Center Street, to Agostenelli Memorial Park and concluding at Center Memorial Park, 624-638 Main St. A program will follow at the park. In the case of inclement weather, a program will be held indoors at 11 a.m. at the Salvation Army, 661 Main St.

Monday, at 10:30 a.m. Parade starts from Derynoski Elementary School, 240 Main St., through downtown, concluding at the Town Green and American Legion Post 72, 64 Main St., where a ceremony will immediately follow.

Monday, 10 a.m. Parade starts along Nutmeg Road to Pleasant Valley Road, ending at Veterans Memorial Park. A ceremony will follow at 11 a.m.

Saturday, 9 a.m. Parade starts on State Street, to Nott Street, to Garden Street, to Church Street, to Main Street, to Hartford Avenue, concluding with a ceremony in front of First Church of Christ, 250 Main St. In the case of inclement weather, a ceremony will held inside in the Wethersfield High School auditorium, 411 Wolcott Hill Road, with a start time to be determined.

Monday, 10 a.m. Parade starts west of Woodrow Street on Farmington Avenue, concluding at Town Hall.

Monday. Observances begin at Elm Grove Cemetery at 8 a.m. with a ceremony at 9 a.m. at the Veterans Cemetery. Parade will start at the end of the ceremony, traveling from Poquonock Avenue to Town Hall. A flag ceremony feature local scouts will be held at 10 a.m. at Town Hall. 

Monday, 11 a.m. Starts at Windsor Locks High School, down Elm Street, concluding at Memorial Hall on Main Street.

Monday. Commemorative service will be held at 9 a.m. at the North Cornwall Cemetery, Rattlesnake Road. A seaman’s memorial will be held at 10 a.m. at the covered bridge. Parade starts at 11 a.m. at the Town Green with a carnival after the ceremony at United Church of Christ Congregational, 8 Bolton Hill Road.

Monday, 2 p.m. Parade starts at the Harwinton Fairgrounds on Locust Road, down Bull and South roads, concluding with a memorial service at the Town Green, intersection of South Road and Route 4. In the case of inclement weather, a ceremony will be held at 2 p.m. at the Harwinton Volunteer Fire Department, 158 Burlington Road.

Monday, 9 a.m. Parade starts at Town Hall, 19 Maple Ave., to the Village Green, to Route 44, concluding at the Memorial Green. A reading of names will immediately follow. The Norfolk Volunteer Fire Department, 20 Shepard Road, will hold an open house after the ceremony.

Monday, 10:30 a.m. Parade starts at Town Hall, to Bragg Street, to West Main Street, to Granite Avenue, concluding at the doughboy memorial statue. Ceremony will follow.

Monday, 10 a.m. Parade starts in front of Autosport, 130 North Main St., and goes to the soldiers memorial.

Monday. Ceremonies will be held in St. Thomas Cemetery at 7:30 a.m., Hillside Cemetery at 8 a.m., with a circuit of ceremonies to follow. Parade will start at 10 a.m. at Thomaston Center School, 1 Thomas Ave., to Main Street, to Center Street, concluding at Hillside Cemetery. Another ceremony will follow at the cemetery. In the case of inclement weather, a ceremony will be held at 10 a.m. at the Thomaston Opera House, 158 Main St.

Monday, 9:30 a.m. Parade starts at Torrington Plaza. A ceremony will follow at 11 a.m. at Coe Memorial Park, 101 Litchfield St.

Monday, 10 a.m. Parade starts at Watertown Plaza, 1167 Main St., to Route 63 north to the Town Green. Ceremony will follow. Parade will be held rain or shine, but in the case of extreme weather, a determination will be made by 7 a.m.

Sunday, 2 p.m. Parade starts from Woodbury Middle School, 67 Washington Ave., proceeding through downtown, concluding with a ceremony at the Cannon Green. A flyover is scheduled around 2:30 p.m. above Cannon Green.

Monday. Waterside tribute at 8:30 a.m. by the East Haddam/Haddam swing bridge. Parade starts at 10 a.m. from the Municipal Office Complex, 1 Plains Road, to Wigwam Road, to Town Street, to the Moodus Green and Nichols Memorial for ceremonies, concluding at American Legion Post 156, 35 Neptune Ave., for a memorial program. Light refreshments will follow.

Monday, rain or shine. A dockside naval ceremony will be held at 9 a.m. at the Saybrook Point Pavilion parking lot on College Street. Parade starts at 10 a.m. from Elm Street, straight across Route 1 to Main Street, concluding with a memorial program at the veterans memorial monuments on the Town Green. Two flyovers are scheduled between 10 and 11 a.m. In the case of inclement weather, a program will be held at 10 a.m. at the Old Saybrook Fire Headquarters, 310 Main St. 

Sunday, rain or shine, at 2 p.m. The parade starts at Victoria Road, will pause for a brief ceremony at the Civil War Monument on Bartlett Street, then continue down Main Street, concluding at Veterans Memorial Park.

Monday, noon. Parade starts in front of St. Patrick’s Cathedral, 213 Broadway, down Broadway, concluding at Chelsea Parade (Norwich Free Academy Green). 

Sunday, 1:30 p.m. Parade starts on Highland Avenue/Route 10 from Highland School to Cheshire High School and Bartlem Park, 520 South Main St. 

Monday, noon. Parade starts from American Legion Post 89, 574 Thompson Ave., to the Town Green.

Monday, 10 a.m. Parade starts from Alderbrook Cemetery, 355 Boston St., concluding at the Town Green.

Monday, 10 a.m. Parade starts at Hamden High School, 2040 Dixwell Ave., continues north on Dixwell Avenue, concluding at Hamden Middle School, 2623 Dixwell Ave. A remembrance ceremony will immediately follow in the middle school auditorium.

Monday, 10 a.m. Parade starts at Curtis Street, past Veterans Memorial Boulevard, to East Main Street, to Pratt Street, concluding at the Meriden Green. A ceremony will follow.

Monday, 9 a.m. Paradebegins in the Union City section and travels on North Haven, then Calvin Street, up High Street to Oak Street and across the Maple Street Bridge, then to Old Firehouse Road, Rubber Avenue and onto Church Street, ending at Town Hall where there will be a memorial service in the gazebo.

Sunday. Ceremony at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Park on Long Wharf Drive at 1 p.m., followed by a second ceremony at the World War Memorial Flagpole on the New Haven Green at 3 p.m.

Saturday, 10:30 a.m. Parade starts at North Haven High School, 221 Elm St., to Bailey Road, to Maple Avenue, to Church Street, concluding at the corner of Church Street and St. John Street. A ceremony will follow on the town green.

Sunday, 10 a.m. Ceremony at High Plains Community Center, 525 Orange Center Road, with the parade down Orange Center Road immediately following.

Monday, 1 p.m. Parade starts at the community center, 12 Center St. Ceremony will follow at the Town Green. A flyover is scheduled between 1 and 2 p.m. In the case of inclement weather, a service will be held at St. Anthony Church, 4 Union City Road.

Monday, at 11 a.m. Parade starts at the Pomperaug Office Park, to Main Street South, concluding at the Veterans Memorial Green near Town Hall. The annual Memorial Day picnic will follow the ceremony at the Parks and Recreation Building, 561 Main St. South.

Monday, 9 a.m. Parade starts at Dutton Park, North Main Street, following a service, ending at Town Hall, 45 South Main St. In the case of inclement weather, an indoor service will be held at 10 a.m. in the Sheehan High School auditorium, 142 Hope Hill Road.

Sunday, 1 p.m. Parade starts at Meadow Street, to Bank Street, to West Main Street, concluding back at Meadow Street. A memorial ceremony on the green will follow.

Monday, 10:30 a.m. Parade starts at Captain Thomas Boulevard to Center Street.

Monday, 11 a.m. Ceremony will be held at the Veterans of Foreign Wars monument in front of the Center Building, 4 Meetinghouse Lane. In the case of inclement, the ceremony will be held inside the Center Building gym.

Monday, 10 a.m. Parade starts from the Veterans Memorial Green, 234 Lake St., through Coventry Village and disbanding at Bradbury Lane. 

Monday. Dedications at five cemeteries will begin at 7 a.m. Parade starts at 11 a.m., starting from Furnace Avenue, proceeding west at Main Street and ending at the Wall of Honor in Stafford Veterans Memorial Park, 134 West Main St. 

Sunday, 1 p.m. Parade starts at the Tolland Senior Center, 674 Tolland Stage Road, and continues to the Town Green. A ceremony will follow at the Veterans Memorial.

Sunday and Monday. A smaller parade will be held Sunday at 9 a.m., rain or shine, from Talcottville Church, 10 Elm Hill Road, to Mount Hope Cemetery. On Monday, a larger parade will start at 10 a.m. from Northeast School, 69 East St., stopping at Grove Hill Cemetery for a short ceremony, continuing to Hale Street, then Grove Street, to East Main Street, concluding at Central Park near Town Hall. A flyover is scheduled between 10:30 and 11 a.m., weather permitting.

Sunday, 1 p.m. The parade starts at Plainfield Public Schools on Canterbury Road, to Canterbury Road, to Railroad Avenue, to Babcock Avenue, concluding at Veterans Park.