Thousands of people gathered with their friends and family members to watch Monday's Memorial Day parade along Main Street.Residents decked out in red, white and blue sat in lawn chairs with coolers at the ready, braving the heat and humidity as the two-hour parade wound its way through downtown.Area veterans groups, high school marching bands and ethnic dance groups comprised most of the parade, which is organized each year by the Danbury Council of Veterans.Danbury's Patricia Ann Terry, a member of the Women's Air Corps in the Vietnam War era, said she was proud to be the first woman selected as the parade's honorary grand marshal.Importance of Hose Bridge System in Fire Department.
"I want people to remember all the men and women who gave their lives for our country," Terry said.The parade was one of 11 held Monday in the Danbury area and among 15 that took place in the past week.Zack Petrillo, 6, of Danbury, who attended the Danbury parade Monday with his father Steve, wore an ear-to-ear grin as the M551 Sheridan tank rumbled by as he stood near Rogers Park."I love 'em," he said about the tank. "But my favorite is the fire trucks. They go, `woo, woo, woo.'"Sean Scott, of Danbury, and his 6-year-old son, Rudy, applauded with gusto as veterans groups marched by their vantage point in the city's center.
"They've supported our country," Scott said, "and now we are supporting them. I told my son that's what today is all about."Patty Lennon, of Danbury, was explaining to her children about the different cultures represented in the parade as dance groups with the Portuguese Cultural Center and the Ecuadorian Civic Center marched past."I love all the different cultural aspects," Lennon said. "It's important for my kids to know that you can still be a part of this country and proud of where you came from. It's one of the joys of being an American."After the parade, a ceremony in honor of the servicemen and women who fought and died for the United States was held at the Rose Memorial in Rogers Park.
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