Information Released On 2024 Westport Memorial Day Parade & Program

WESTPORT, CT — The Westport Parks and Recreation Department has finalized the Line of March for the 2024 annual Memorial Day parade and the Program for services, which will be held on Veterans Green immediately after the parade on Monday, May 27. See the program below.

The Parade steps off at 9 a.m. on Riverside Avenue, and continues east on Post Road East, to Myrtle Avenue, to Main Street, and ending at Parker Harding Plaza. The float theme will be "The American Flag."

Immediately following the Parade, memorial services will be held on Veterans Green. If the parade is canceled due to inclement weather, services will be held at 10 a.m. in the Town Hall auditorium.

2024 PROGRAM FOR MEMORIAL DAY SERVICES

Master of Ceremonies Brian Horan, VFW Post 399

Invocation Reverend Heather Sinclair, United Methodist Church of Westport & Weston

Pledge of Allegiance VFW 399 Auxiliary

National Anthem Nicholas Rossi, Soloist

Welcoming Address Honorable Jennifer S. Tooker, First Selectwoman

Introduction of Grand Marshal Brian Horan – Charles P. Lamb Grand Marshal (Son John will speak for him)

Placing of Memorial Wreath VFW Post 399, American Legion Post 63

Firing Detail Westport Police Department

Taps Staples Band Buglers – Deneil Betfarhad & Spencer Greiss

Logan’s Order Staples High School Band

Benediction Reverend Heather Sinclair, United Methodist Church of Westport & Weston

NOTE: In the event the parade is cancelled due to extreme weather conditions, the services will be in the Town Hall auditorium, starting at 10 a.m.

MEMORIAL DAY PARADE LINE OF MARCH

Monday, May 27, 2024

HONOR DIVISION

1. CT. Alumni Drum & Bugle Corps
2. Westport Police Department
3. Westport Volunteer EMS
4. Westport-Weston CERT
5. Grand Marshal Charles P. Lamb

1st DIVISION

6. Dignitaries – Selectwomen - RTM Members
7. Westport Community Band
8. Connecticut Veterans Honor Guard
9. August Matthias Post 63 – American Legion & Joseph J. Clinton Post 399 – Veterans of Foreign Wars with VFW Auxiliary 399 Westport Float
10. Scouts BSA Westport

2nd DIVISION

11. Nash Drum Corps
12. Westport Fire Department
13. Y’s Men Westport/Weston
14. League of Women Voters
15. Staples High School Marching Band
16. Staples High School Cheer Leaders
17. Westport Library
18. Girl Scouts of Westport
19. Westport P.A.L.
20. Westport Soccer
21. Westport Little League
22. Coleytown/Bedford Combined Middle School Bands
23. Westport Woman’s Club
24. St. Paul Christian School

3rd DIVISION

25. CLUB203
26. My Team Triumph
27. Knights of Columbus – Westport
28. Westport Rotary Club
29. Suzuki Music School
30. Westport Pride
31. United Methodist Church of Westport-Weston
32. Builders Beyond Boarders
33. Westport Garden Club
34. Westport Sunrise Rotary
35. Westport Transit District
36. Col. John Chester Fife & Drum Corps
37. Westport Weston Family YMCA
38. Masonic Lodge
39. Junior Colonial Fife & Drum Corps of Westbrook, CT