Rainy weather proved no match for Falls Village’s patriotic spirit on Memorial Day.
Other than moving the ceremony inside the spacious Center on Main, the event proceeded as planned, kicking off at 10 a.m. sharp with the Lee H. Kellogg School’s marching band playing its first performance in several years, welcoming the Falls Village Volunteer Fire Department color guard into the building.
First Selectman Dave Barger then delivered the invocation and offered some opening remarks, appealing to residents to embody the spirit of those who gave their lives protecting the nation. “They did not fight for glory, money or medals,” he said, but “a belief that our nation, and its ideals of liberty and justice, was worth defending.”
Selectmen Judy Jacobs and Chris Kinsella presented the Volunteer of the Year award to Adam Sher, the board chair of Center on Main and vice chair of Falls Village’s Board of Education.
Carol and Louis Timolat, longtime volunteers involved with institutions across Falls Village — including the school, David M. Hunt Library and Town Hall — were recognized for their decades of service with the Community Service Award.
Following the placing of the wreath by Fire Chief Matt Hansen and the President of the Ladies Auxiliary Linda Paviol and the BOS, Barger gave the benediction.
