Shelton-Derby Memorial Day Parade Information

The Derby-Shelton Memorial Day observances:

The Annual Memorial Service will be held at Derby High School on Sunday, May 27, starting at 7:30 p.m. The service honors all veterans who passed away from Derby and since last Memorial Day. The guest speaker is Colonel Robert Cody from the Connecticut Army National Guard, a Shelton native. Families who have lost a veteran in the past year are invited to attend and are presented with a flower of remembrance as a roll call of the deceased is conducted. The Derby High School Band will play a medley of military music and provide buglers for taps.

The Parade this year starts in Shelton on Monday, May 28 at 9:00 a.m. at Howe and Wharf Streets, rain or shine. The Second Company Governors Foot Guard will be the military marching unit representing the State of Connecticut. The Derby and Shelton Police will be joined by the Bridgeport Police Color Guard and the New Haven Police Emerald Society.

The parade stops briefly on the Bridge Street bridge for a short ceremony. A wreath will dropped into the water in memory of all veterans lost at sea. A flyover by the Connecticut National Guard concludes this ceremony. The parade then continues into Derby.

The parade route is:

• Howe Avenue Route 110 to Kneen Street,
• right on Coram Avenue,
• right on White Street,
• right on Howe Avenue Rte 110,
• left onto Bridge Street Rte 712.
• The parade crosses into Derby turning right on Main Street Rte 34,
• left on Elizabeth Street
• and concludes past Cottage Street.

Residents are reminded of the parking ban which takes effect at 6:00 a.m. on May 28 and lasts until the conclusion of the parade in both Shelton and Derby. Cars on the parade route and line-up area will be towed after 6:00 a.m.