Honoring and remembering sacrifices: North Canaan

Honoring and remembering sacrifices: North Canaan
The Honor Guard from the Couch-Pipa VFW Post 6851. 
Photo by John Coston

NORTH CANAAN — North Canaan celebrated Memorial Day on Monday, May 30, with a parade and speeches under the Doughboy Monument in the center of town, under sunny skies and flanked by children, parents, grandparents and veterans.

After a five-member Honor Guard from the Couch-Pipa VFW Post 6851 in North Canaan performed Salutes and Taps at cemeteries and memorials in Falls Village, North Canaan and East Canaan, a waiting assemblage of golf carts, antique cars, military vehicles, fire trucks, tractors attached to wagons and scout troops with colorful banners began a procession through town.

The North Canaan Memorial Day parade proceeded from Town Hall down Bragg Street to West Main Street to the Doughboy Monument, where Kirk Harrington, commander the Couch-Pipa VFW Post 6851, acknowledged State Trooper Lance Carlson, who is a veteran of Operation Enduring Freedom in Iraq and served as parade marshal.

“We want to honor you this year as parade marshall,” Harrington said. “Thank you.”

— John  Coston

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