Darien marks Memorial Day with parade s return
Jarret Liotta
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Darien kids, from left, Avery Devoogd, 3, Eva Elgert, 5, James Parish, 5, and Bennett Parish, 3, are enjoying the Memorial Day parade on Monday, May 31, 2021.Jarret Liotta / For Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
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A cake commemorating the town s 200th birthday at the Darien Memorial Day parade on Monday, May 31, 2021Jarret Liotta / For Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
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Cassandra Eady of Darien watches the procession passing by on Route 1 at the Memorial Day parade on Monday, May 31, 2021.Jarret Liotta / For Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
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State Rep. Terrie Wood, left, and First Selectman Jayme Stevenson pose with Grand Marshal Peter Kenyon before the Memorial Day ceremony in Spring Grove Cemetery Monday, May 31, 2021.Jarret Liotta / For Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
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Darien s Memorial Day parade set to march on this year
Susan Shultz
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The Color Guard marches along the Post Road at the Memorial Day celebration in 2018, in Darien. After last year’s parade was canceled due to COVID-19, for the first time in decades, the Monuments & Ceremonies Commission says it is back on this year, contingent on cases staying low.Jarret Liotta / For Hearst Connecticut Media
DARIEN The town’s Memorial Day parade will march on this year.
The Monuments and Ceremonies Commission said Tuesday the town will proceed with planning on holding a traditional Memorial Day parade on May 31.
Festive beach day to replace fireworks display in Darien
Susan Shultz
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Darien’s Fourth of July fireworks, shown here from 2017, are postponed another year, but the town is planning other festive events to celebrate.Jarret Liotta / For Hearst Connecticut Media
DARIEN Though a light seems to be at the end of the pandemic tunnel, the glow of Fourth of July fireworks will have to wait another year to return in Darien.
According to Parks & Rec program supervisor Jami Gore, the annual fireworks that the town celebrates to mark Independence Day will return in 2022. However, she said that doesn’t mean Darien will not find a festive way to celebrate the occasion.