Memorial Day Weekend Events

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Editor’s Note: The weather forecast as of Friday morning is for temperatures in the 50s and an 80-percent chance of showers Sunday, May 27. We will try to alert readers via Twitter and Facebook if the weather affects any of the scheduled events.

Saturday, May 26

Starting at 7 a.m., Middlebury Lions Club members will place flags on the graves of veterans buried in Middlebury cemeteries.

Sunday, May 27

Veterans’ Memorial Day Ceremony
Join the Middlebury Lions Club in paying homage to our fallen military heroes and all those who have served our nation’s military in a ceremony at noon at the Middlebury Cemetery on Route 64 behind Middlebury Garage. It will include an honor guard and rifle salute from the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Local Boy Scouts will raise the flag at the start of the ceremony and lower it as taps are played. Local clergy will offer prayers of invocation and benediction, Middlebury selectmen will speak, and Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address will be read.

Veterans’ Reception
All veterans are welcome to attend a reception at 4 p.m. at the corner of Bronson Drive and Whittemore Road in Middlebury.

Middlebury Parade
Those with convertibles are welcome to show up on Bronson Drive at 4 p.m. to provide parade transportation for our veterans.

The parade will kick off at 5 p.m., traveling from Bronson Drive past the Green to Town Hall for a ceremony of remembrance.

Middlebury Historical Society Open House
The Middlebury Historical Society building on Library Road will be open for guests Sunday, May 27, one hour before and one hour after the 5 p.m. Memorial Day parade. Light refreshments will be served, and tours of the building will be offered.

Woodbury Parade
Woodbury’s annual Memorial Day Parade will be Sunday afternoon, rain or shine. Marchers will line up at the Woodbury Middle School parking lot at 1 p.m. The parade will begin promptly at 2 p.m.

The parade route will follow School Street to Route 6 and then proceed on Route 6 to Cannon Green, where a ceremony will take place.

Monday, May 28

Naugatuck Parade
Naugatuck’s annual Memorial Day parade will begin at 9:15 a.m. on North Main Street. The parade will proceed downtown to Town Hall on Church Street for a ceremony.

Southbury Parade
The Southbury Memorial Day Parade will begin at 11 a.m. at the Pomperaug Office Park and continue down Main Street South to the Memorial Green for services honoring those who served our country. Join the Family Day Picnic afterwards at 12 p.m. at Ballantine Park. Food and drinks will be sold by the Boy Scouts or bring your own. There will be music and fun for the kids.

Middlebury Recreational Area

The Middlebury Recreational Area will be open for the season Saturday, Sunday and Monday for the Memorial Day weekend. It will be open Saturday, May 26, and Sunday, May 27, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Monday, May 28, from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.