Thanks to all who made Memorial Day in New Canaan such a memorable event.
Thanks to all who marched; thanks to all who cheered.
Thanks again to our grand marshall Ruth Gutt for her service to the nation as an Air Force nurse.
Thanks to Boyd Harden, our speaker, who told the story of sacrifice in the most personal of terms and how small towns like New Canaan paid for victory with the lives of our young.
And special thanks to all citizens of New Canaan who purchased a poppy this year. Your contributions help make it possible for the VFW to place a new flag on the gravestone of almost 1,000 veterans in May and to place a Christmas wreath at the gravesite of each veteran in December.
Peter C. Langenus
Commander, VFW Post 653
New Canaan, Connecticut