In Photos: Darien Memorial Day parade ends at Spring Grove Veterans Cemetery to honor those lost in battle

Tyler Sizemore

May 30, 2022

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Noroton Fire Department Vice President Bob Buch Sr. marches with other first responders in the Darien Memorial Day Parade on Monday. Hundreds of participants marched from the Goodwives Shopping Center to the Spring Grove Veterans Cemetery, where a ceremony was held to honor the veterans whose lives were lost in battle. More photos, XX

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Craig Mitchell, of the First Milford Militia, marches in the Darien Memorial Day Parade, presented by the Darien Monuments and Ceremonies Commission, in Darien, Conn. Monday, May 30, 2022. Hundreds of participants marched from the Goodwives Shopping Center to the Spring Grove Veterans Cemetery, where a ceremony was held to honor the veterans whose lives were lost in battle.

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Darien’s Lynne Lippincott walks through an array of flags in the Spring Grove Veterans Cemetery in Darien on Monday.

Hundreds of participants marched from the Goodwives Shopping Center to the Spring Grove Veterans Cemetery, where a ceremony was held to honor the veterans whose lives were lost in battle.

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Nicole Fusco, of South Salem, N.Y., and her child, Renzo, 1, watch the Darien Memorial Day Parade, presented by the Darien Monuments and Ceremonies Commission, in Darien, Conn. Monday, May 30, 2022. Hundreds of participants marched from the Goodwives Shopping Center to the Spring Grove Veterans Cemetery, where a ceremony was held to honor the veterans whose lives were lost in battle.

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The Darien Police Department honor guard leads the way in the Darien Memorial Day Parade, presented by the Darien Monuments and Ceremonies Commission on Monday.

, May 30, 2022. Hundreds of participants marched from the Goodwives Shopping Center to the Spring Grove Veterans Cemetery, where a ceremony was held to honor the veterans whose lives were lost in battle.

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The Rev. Richard Williams, left, and Barry Parks march with Pivot Ministries in the Darien Memorial Day Parade, presented by the Darien Monuments and Ceremonies Commission in Darien on Monday. Hundreds of participants marched from the Goodwives Shopping Center to the Spring Grove Veterans Cemetery, where a ceremony was held to honor the veterans whose lives were lost in battle.

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Parade grand marshal John Wolcott, above, a Vietnam veteran and current Board of Finance member, drives in the Darien Memorial Day Parade, presented by the Darien Monuments and Ceremonies Commission in Darien.

, Conn. Monday, May 30, 2022. Hundreds of participants marched from the Goodwives Shopping Center to the Spring Grove Veterans Cemetery, where a ceremony was held to honor the veterans whose lives were lost in battle.

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At left, Darien’s Adaire LeVine, 10, dances with the Harney Pender Keady Academy of Irish Dance in the Darien Memorial Day Parade.

, presented by the Darien Monuments and Ceremonies Commission, in Darien, Conn. Monday, May 30, 2022. Hundreds of participants marched from the Goodwives Shopping Center to the Spring Grove Veterans Cemetery, where a ceremony was held to honor the veterans whose lives were lost in battle.

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Photos from the Darien Memorial Day Parade, presented by the Darien Monuments and Ceremonies Commission, in Darien, Conn. Monday, May 30, 2022. Hundreds of participants marched from the Goodwives Shopping Center to the Spring Grove Veterans Cemetery, where a ceremony was held to honor the veterans whose lives were lost in battle.

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Photos from the Darien Memorial Day Parade, presented by the Darien Monuments and Ceremonies Commission, in Darien, Conn. Monday, May 30, 2022. Hundreds of participants marched from the Goodwives Shopping Center to the Spring Grove Veterans Cemetery, where a ceremony was held to honor the veterans whose lives were lost in battle.

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Photos from the Darien Memorial Day Parade, presented by the Darien Monuments and Ceremonies Commission, in Darien, Conn. Monday, May 30, 2022. Hundreds of participants marched from the Goodwives Shopping Center to the Spring Grove Veterans Cemetery, where a ceremony was held to honor the veterans whose lives were lost in battle.

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Photos from the Darien Memorial Day Parade, presented by the Darien Monuments and Ceremonies Commission, in Darien, Conn. Monday, May 30, 2022. Hundreds of participants marched from the Goodwives Shopping Center to the Spring Grove Veterans Cemetery, where a ceremony was held to honor the veterans whose lives were lost in battle.

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Photos from the Darien Memorial Day Parade, presented by the Darien Monuments and Ceremonies Commission, in Darien, Conn. Monday, May 30, 2022. Hundreds of participants marched from the Goodwives Shopping Center to the Spring Grove Veterans Cemetery, where a ceremony was held to honor the veterans whose lives were lost in battle.

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Photos from the Darien Memorial Day Parade, presented by the Darien Monuments and Ceremonies Commission, in Darien, Conn. Monday, May 30, 2022. Hundreds of participants marched from the Goodwives Shopping Center to the Spring Grove Veterans Cemetery, where a ceremony was held to honor the veterans whose lives were lost in battle.

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Photos from the Darien Memorial Day Parade, presented by the Darien Monuments and Ceremonies Commission, in Darien, Conn. Monday, May 30, 2022. Hundreds of participants marched from the Goodwives Shopping Center to the Spring Grove Veterans Cemetery, where a ceremony was held to honor the veterans whose lives were lost in battle.

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Photos from the Darien Memorial Day Parade, presented by the Darien Monuments and Ceremonies Commission, in Darien, Conn. Monday, May 30, 2022. Hundreds of participants marched from the Goodwives Shopping Center to the Spring Grove Veterans Cemetery, where a ceremony was held to honor the veterans whose lives were lost in battle.

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Photos from the Darien Memorial Day Parade, presented by the Darien Monuments and Ceremonies Commission, in Darien, Conn. Monday, May 30, 2022. Hundreds of participants marched from the Goodwives Shopping Center to the Spring Grove Veterans Cemetery, where a ceremony was held to honor the veterans whose lives were lost in battle.

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Photos from the Darien Memorial Day Parade, presented by the Darien Monuments and Ceremonies Commission, in Darien, Conn. Monday, May 30, 2022. Hundreds of participants marched from the Goodwives Shopping Center to the Spring Grove Veterans Cemetery, where a ceremony was held to honor the veterans whose lives were lost in battle.

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Photos from the Darien Memorial Day Parade, presented by the Darien Monuments and Ceremonies Commission, in Darien, Conn. Monday, May 30, 2022. Hundreds of participants marched from the Goodwives Shopping Center to the Spring Grove Veterans Cemetery, where a ceremony was held to honor the veterans whose lives were lost in battle.

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Photos from the Darien Memorial Day Parade, presented by the Darien Monuments and Ceremonies Commission, in Darien, Conn. Monday, May 30, 2022. Hundreds of participants marched from the Goodwives Shopping Center to the Spring Grove Veterans Cemetery, where a ceremony was held to honor the veterans whose lives were lost in battle.

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DARIEN — The Darien Memorial Day parade, presented by the Darien Monuments and Ceremonies Commission, took place Monday.

Hundreds of participants marched from the Goodwives Shopping Center to the Spring Grove Veterans Cemetery, where a ceremony was held to honor the veterans whose lives were lost in battle.

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