Portland announces Memorial Day plans

Portland's Memorial Day will be held on Sunday, May 27, rain or shine. Sgt. Daniel Clark, “The Singing Trooper” will return to commemorate the day. The parade will assemble at Victoria Road at 1:30 p.m. Floats should assemble at 12:30 p.m. Step-off will be at 2 p.m.

The procession will stop for a brief ceremony at the Civil War monument on Bartlett Street, it will continue down Main Street as usual. A reviewing stand will be stationed at the Brownstone Intermediate School. The parade will then turn left on Waverley Avenue, left onto East Main Street, and right onto Fairview Street, ending at Veterans’ Memorial Park.

The theme for this years float competition is: “Memorial Day remembers those who died serving in the United States military. It commemorates those who died in the defense of our national ideals. Our ideals of freedom, justice, and equal rights for all have been challenged many times since then, and thousands of Americans have given their lives in many parts of the world to secure those same ideals and insure for their children a lasting peace.”

Details about parking and road closures for the day will be announced in the weeks ahead.

Registration Forms may be picked up at 32 East Main Street, Portland, CT.

For further details, contact Sara Sterry Rutter – Parade Organizer at 860-342-2815 or 860-250-2041 or Email ssterryrutter@yahoo.com

Additional information will be posted on Facebook.