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Friday, May 22, 2015
Community unites for Memorial Day Parade
By ERICA SCHMITT STAFF WRITER
NEWINGTON — One of Newington’s most revered annual events is set to bring the community together this weekend. The 2015 Newington Memorial Day Parade will kick off at 10:30 a.m. this Saturday, May 23, on Main Street, just north of East Robbins Avenue. Newington’s parade is one of Volume 55, No. 21
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the largest in Connecticut held in celebration of Memorial Day. “I’m so glad that Newington is one of the communities in the state that participates in Memorial Day, to remind people of those willing to sacrifice themselves for our country,” Command Sgt. Major Ken O’Brien, chairman of the parade committee, said this week. O’Brien and other committee members have been working tirelessly to organize the event, which will feature over 50 local organizations marching in seven different divisions. They will be led by the honorable escort diviSee NEWINGTON, Page 5
This year’s Newington Memorial Day Parade kicks off at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 23.
YOU TEXT. WE DRIVE. Get on board today.
Mike Orazzi | Staff
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