EVENTS

Memorial Day Pre-Parade Breakfast —

7:30-9:30 a.m., Congregational Church of Salem Christian Community Center, 249 Hartford Road; $8 per person, $25 for a family of four or more, free for children 5 and younger and military personnel in uniform; (860) 859-1211.

Strawberry Shortcake Fundraiser —

9 a.m., Salem Town Green, Route 85; with Salem Valley Farms Ice Cream, coffee and baked sale to benefit the Salem Historical Society; free.

Classic Car and Truck Show —

10 a.m., Holy New Martyrs Church, 364 Canterbury Turnpike, Norwich; vendors, food, tag sale and music by DJ The Pom; admission is a canned good for the St. Vincent DePaul Soup Kitchen; (860) 456-7307.

Decoration Day in 1876 —

10 a.m.-5 p.m., Mystic Seaport, 75 Greenmanville Ave.; brief service and presentation for an 1876-style Memorial Day; free with museum admission; (860) 572-0711.

noon, St. Patrick’s Cathedral, 213 Broadway Norwich; ceremony at the war memorials immediately after the parade.

Memorial Day Parade — Memorial Day Parade —

10 a.m., Route 85 between Route 82 and Rattlesnake Ledge Road, Salem; memorial service immediately after the parade.

10 a.m., Main Street, Noank; picnic 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

Memorial Day Parade — Memorial Day Parade and Service —

2 p.m., Mystic VFW, 60 Stonington Road. 2 p.m., Columbus and Haigh Avenues, East Lyme; rain or shine.

Memorial Day Parade —