BROOKFIELD:
The Memorial Day parade will step off Sunday at 2 pm from Brookfield High School. The parade will march along Route 25 to Route 133, and end at Center School.
At the parades, end is the annual Strawberry Festival from 12:30 to 3 pm outside the Brookfield Museum in Brookfield Center. Strawberry shortcake and soft drinks will be sold to support the museum. The Brookfield War Memorial exhibit will be open inside the museum. Admission is free.
SHERMAN:
Sunday, 1 pm, from the corner of Spring Lake Road and Route 39 North, traveling through the center of town and ending at Veterans Field.
DANBURY:
Wreath laying ceremonies will start at 7:10. Danbury Director of Veterans Affairs Patrick Waldron says ceremonies are being held at 14 monument groups including ones dedicated to veterans of wars dating back to the Civil War.
Governor Dannel Malloy will be among the elected officials marching down Main Street, from Rose Street, at 9:30.
After the parade the ceremony at Rogers Park features a reading of the names of veterans who have died since last Memorial Day, a rifle Salute and taps, played by members of the Danbury High School band. As a tribute to the sacrifices of those who served in the Armed forces, a skydiving team from Blue Sky Ranch in New York will parachute into Rogers Park around 11:30.
A local veteran is providing the flyover this year.
RIDGEFIELD:
The Ridgefield Memorial Day parade will take place Monday at 11:30 am, starting at Jesse Lee Memorial United Methodist Church on Main Street. There will be a ceremony following the parade at Ridgefield Community Center.
BRIDGEWATER:
Monday, 8:20 am, stepping off from the firehouse, continuing along Route 133 and ending at the Town Green.
GAYLORDSVILLE:
Monday, 8 am, starting from firemen's field on Route 7 and heading across the bridge from Route 7 intersection with Route 55.
KENT:
Monday, 9:30 am, starting at Kent Center School. The parade will follow Route 341, heading east across Route 7 and ending at Kent Congregational Church Cemetery. The parade will stop along the way for observances. The rain location for the ceremonies would be inside the school. The parade will pause at the library for a ceremony.
NEW MILFORD:
Monday, 10 am, leaving from New Milford Public Library on the Village Green. The rain location for a ceremony would be held at the VFW hall on Avery Road. Veterans and spectators will then march to Veterans Memorial Bridge to honor Navy and Merchant Marine veterans where an honor wreath will be tossed in the river.
ROXBURY:
Monday, 10 am, leaving from the Roxbury Congregational Church stopping at the Town Green for a ceremony, continuing along Route 67, stopping at the cemetery next to the town hall.
WASHINGTON:
Monday, 2:30 pm, starting at Washington Primary School and ending at Bryan Memorial Town Hall. In case of rain, services would be held at the town's cemeteries and at the Memorial Stones in Washington Depot, and the chicken dinner will be served.
