2025 Memorial Day events in Connecticut
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) – Observed on the last Monday of May, Memorial Day is a solemn day of remembrance and mourning for the U.S. military members who have died while serving our country.
Here is a list of some parades and events across Connecticut.
Newtown Memorial Day Observance
Time: 5 p.m.
Location/Route: Soldiers and Sailors Monument
Redding Memorial Day Parade & Picnic
Time: Ceremony at noon; step-off at 12:15 p.m.
Location/Route: The parade starts at Redding Elementary School and proceeds to Redding Green for flag-raising and flower-placing ceremonies at the Memorial Stone. A picnic is held at the Boys & Girls Club of Redding-Easton from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
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Wethersfield Memorial Day Parade
Time: 9 a.m.
Location/Route: The parade will head west on State Street to Nott Street, then to Garden Street, cross over Church Street and turn left onto Main Street. The Reviewing Stand will be at the intersection of Main Street and Church Street. The parade will end at Hartford Avenue. The Memorial Day Parade Ceremony will occur at the Main Street and Marsh Street intersection on the grass in front of First Church of Christ.
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Woodbury Memorial Day Parade
Time: 10 a.m.
Location/Route: Woodbury Middle School; down Main Street to Cannon Green
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Milford Memorial Day Ceremony & Parade
Time: Ceremony – 9:45 a.m.; Parade – 2 p.m.
Location: Ceremony – Milford City Hall, 110 River St.; Parade assembles at the Daniel Wasson Field parking lot, 70 West River St.
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New Haven Memorial Day Ceremonies
Time: 1 p.m. – ceremony at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Park; 3 p.m. – ceremony at World War Memorial Flagpole on the New Haven Green
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Orange Memorial Day Parade
Time: 10:30 a.m.
Location: High Plains Community Center Fairgrounds
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Seymour Memorial Day Parade
Time: 11 a.m
Location: The parade steps off from French Memorial Park, proceeds along Route 67 southwest, turns south onto Main Street, then onto Broad Street, and concludes at the Seymour Community Center.
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Avon VFW Memorial Day Parade
Time: 11 a.m.
Location/Route: Steps off at the Board of Education Annex, located at 34 Simsbury Road
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Branford Memorial Day Parade
Time: 10 a.m.
Location/Route: Steps off at the Branford Town Green
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Canton Memorial Day Parade
Time: 10 a.m.
Location/Route: Canton Intermediate School parking lot
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East Lyme Memorial Day Parade
Time: 2 p.m.
Location/Route: It begins near St. John's Green (across from the Children's Museum of Southeastern CT) and proceeds down Niantic's Main St., ending at the East Lyme Town Hall.
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Fairfield Memorial Day Parade
Time: 10 a.m.
Location: The parade will march East from South Pine Creek Road along the Post Road to the Library, then South along Old Post Road to Flint's Corner, and then East along Old Post Road, passing the Town Green and continuing beyond South Benson Road.
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Farmington Memorial Day Parade
Time: 10 a.m.
Location/Route: Steps off at 10 a.m. on New Britain Avenue and South Main Street and goes through the Unionville section, ending at the Alice Clover Pinney Memorial Park.
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Hamden Memorial Day Parade
Time: 11 a.m.
Location/Route: Steps off at the Hamden Middle School Veterans Memorial Auditorium
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Heroes of Steel Car Show in Middlefield
Time: Car show is from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.; flag ceremony is at 2 p.m.
Location: Lyman Orchards in Middlefield
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New Milford Memorial Day Parades
Time: Gaylordsville Parade begins at 8 a.m. | New Milford Downtown Parade starts at 10 a.m.
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Norwalk Memorial Day Parade
Time: 10 a.m.
Location/Route: The parade begins at Veterans Park and ends at the Town Green on East Avenue.
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Norwich Memorial Day Parade & Commemorative Ceremony
Time: Noon
Location: The parade steps off in front of St. Patrick's Cathedral and continues down Broadway to the Monument area of Chelsea Parade. The ceremony will immediately follow at approximately 1 p.m. at Chelsea Parade.
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Old Saybrook Memorial Day Parade
Time: 10 a.m.
Location/Route: The parade steps off from Elm Street, goes straight across Route 1 to Main Street, then the Veterans Memorial Monuments on the Town Green, where a memorial program will be held.
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Plymouth Memorial Day
Time: 10:30 a.m.
Location/Route: The parade begins at the Terryville Fire Department Headquarters on Harwinton Ave.
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Ridgefield Memorial Day Parade
Time: 11:30 a.m.
Location/Route: Steps off from Jesse Lee United Methodist Church, goes up Main Street
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Rocky Hill Memorial Day Parade
Time: 9:30 a.m.
Location/Route: Rocky Hill High School (50 Chapin Ave.).
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Southbury Memorial Day Parade & Picnic
Time: 11 a.m.
Location/Route: The parade begins at the Pomperaug Office Park parking lot, located across from CVS on Depot Hill Road, continues down Main Street South, and ends at the Veterans Memorial Green, located between the Town Hall and the Senior Center/Park & Recreation Offices.
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West Hartford Memorial Day Parade
Time: 10 a.m.
Location/Route: Corner of Woodrow Street and Farmington Avenue and ends at the Town Hall.
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West Haven Memorial Day Parade
Time: 10:30 a.m.
Location/Route: Campbell Avenue
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Westport Memorial Day Parade
Time: 9:30 a.m.
Location/Route: The parade starts with a brief ceremony at the World War I monument at the Town Hall (816 Main Rd.), then proceeds south down Main Road to Beech Grove Cemetery (974 Main Rd.).
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Woodbridge Memorial Day Ceremony
Time: 11 a.m.
Location: In front of the Center Building at the Veterans of Foreign Wars monument
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