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Bring Your Old American Flag to Darien’s Flag Day Ceremony on June 14

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All are invited to bring their old, weathered flags to the Monuments and Ceremonies Commission’s annual Flag Day observance at 5 p.m., Tuesday, June 14 at the Veterans Memorial Circle in front of Town Hall.  
Members of the VFW will accept the old and used flags for proper disposal at a later date. A brief flag ceremony will take place which includes lowering an old flag and raising a new one. The Monuments & Ceremonies Commission urges all citizens to please take a look at their flags and think about putting up a new one if theirs is tattered and worn. In the event of inclement weather, a representative of the VFW will be at Town Hall to receive old flags at the time of the ceremony.

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Memorial Day Speaker: Brian O’Malley, Iraq/Afghan War Vet, West Point Grad

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Brian O’Malley, a West Point graduate who was awarded a Bronze Star for his service with the U.S. Army in Iraq, then served as a reservist in Afghanistan, has been selected as the 2016 Darien Memorial Day speaker. O’Malley, the junior vice commander of Darien’s VFW Post 6933 and an officer in the Connecticut VFW, will speak during services held at Spring Grove Veterans Cemetery immediately following the Memorial Day Parade, at about 11:30 a.m. on Monday, May 30, 2016. State and local officials, Darien selectmen and Darien Police and fire department chiefs are all invited to this patriotic commemoration. The Darien Monuments and Ceremonies Commission encourages the public to attend. Brian graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1999 with a BS degree in German/French and Nuclear Engineering.

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UPDATE: Memorial Day Ceremony Will Be in Darien Library, After Parade

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Update 9:04 a.m.:
According to the Weather Channel website, as of 9 a.m., Monday, rain is 55 percent likely at 10 a.m. and 60 percent likely at 11 a.m., with only showers predicted, and nothing after noon. On Sunday night, thunderstorms were predicted, but not now. Update, 8:48 a.m., Monday:
The Memorial Day ceremony will take place in Darien Library’s Community Room, First Selectman Jayme Stevenson announced at 8:38 a.m.:

The Memorial Day Ceremony (usually held in the Spring Grove Veterans Cemetery immediately following the

Parade today) will be held in the Darien Library Community Room. Our speaker, Brian O’Malley will be there and the service will be conducted as usual, but indoors and immediately after the Parade ends. 

Sunday night:
Rain or Shine, the Memorial Day Parade kicks off at 10 a.m., First Selectman Jayme Stevenson announced Sunday. But there’s an alternative, indoor location for the ceremony, which town officials will decide whether to use by 10 a.m. Monday:

In the event of rain, the Parade Committee and Monuments and Ceremonies Commission will decide by 10 a.m. tomorrow (Memorial Day) if the ceremony typically held in the Spring Grove Cemetery will be held in the Community Room at the Darien Library.