Little League Parade to Close Westmoreland Street

The McLean Little League parade — a spring rite in McLean — will close the southbound lanes of Westmoreland Street early on Saturday morning.

The teams march from McLean down Westmoreland to the field at Lemon Road.

The league hosts teams for boys and girls of all ages, bringing together parents and children, old and young. But its fields are also one of McLean's few  common grounds for the entire community.

Here, government workers meet company CEO's as they watch their kids play. Bank presidents meet administrative assistants; cabinet-level officials meet grandparents.

Generations of McLean kids have played in Little League. Grandparents now bring grandchildren to play where they once played themselves.

Many neighbors have wonderful Little League stories, so we're asking you to share them.  Just put them in the McLean Patch comments. If you want to write something longer, send your memories to bobbi.bowman@patch.com and we'll publish them.