Holidays
Darien Memorial Day Speaker Announced: Phil Kraft
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This year’s Darien Memorial Day speaker will be Phillip R. Kraft, a Vietnam veteran, the head of the National Veterans Services Fund Inc. in Darien, a longtime member of the Darien Veterans of Foreign Wars Post and a member of the town Monuments and Ceremonies Commission. The commission announced Kraft as the speaker for this year’s Memorial Day observance on Monday, May 29, which takes place right after the Memorial Day parade. “Phil Kraft will speak during the Ceremony held in Spring Grove Veterans’ Cemetery directly following the Parade, which steps off from Goodwives Shopping Center at 10 a.m. sharp,” the commission said in a statement attached to its announcement. The commission also announced that the parade’s grand marshal will be Ned Goodnow. “The Monuments and Ceremonies of the Town of Darien and the Darien Parade Committee Chairman, Sara Zagrodzky are honored to have these men participating.”