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How South Shore towns will honor Memorial Day this year.
- Kennedy Park Monument ceremony at 10:30 a.m., followed by a Memorial Day Parade on South Main Street. The parade steps off at 11 a.m. - Ceremony after the parade at 11:45 a.m. at Government Center
Darien (/ ˌ d ɛər i ˈ æ n / DAIR-ee-AN) is a coastal town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States.With a population of 21,499 and a land area of just under 13 square miles (34 km 2), it is the smallest town on Connecticut's Gold Coast.
Allentown Memorial Day Parade. Time: 10:30 a.m. Location/Route: Begins at North Main Street. Colts Neck Memorial Day Parade. Time: 10:30 a.m. Location/Route: Starts at Township Hall, 124 Cedar ...
Since 1867, Brooklyn, New York, has held an annual Memorial Day parade which it claims to be the nation's oldest. Grafton, West Virginia, and Ironton, Ohio have also had an ongoing parade since 1868. However, the Memorial Day parade in Rochester, Wisconsin, predates both the Doylestown and the Grafton parades by one year (1867). [78] [79]
The ca. 1700 Pond-Weed House saltbox on the Post Road in Noroton is the oldest home in Darien. The history of Darien, Connecticut, has been shaped by its location on the shore of Long Island Sound along the main route from Boston to New York City, initially with sailing ships and dirt roads for transportation, and later with locomotives and highways.
In 1967, Congress made Memorial Day an official federal holiday — a paid day off — and a few years later, in 1971, lawmakers declared the holiday would be observed on the last Monday in May ...
The Boston Post Road Historic District encompasses a cross-section of residential architectural styles representative of much of the history of Darien, Connecticut. Centered on the junction of Boston Post Road ( United States Route 1 ) and Brookdale Road, the district also includes two civic landmarks: the town hall and the Greek Revival First ...