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    Friday, July 26, 2024

    East Lyme Memorial Day Parade

    Steve Carter, a Navy and Army National Guard veteran of East Lyme, salutes the wreaths during the East Lyme Memorial Day Parade Monday, May 27, 2024. (Sarah Gordon/The Day)
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    Players with East Lyme Little League march down Main Street during the East Lyme Memorial Day Parade Monday, May 27, 2024. (Sarah Gordon/The Day)
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    Attendees with Niantic Legion Post 128 of the American Legion pause at the East Lyme Veterans Memorial during the East Lyme Memorial Day Parade Monday, May 27, 2024. (Sarah Gordon/The Day)
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    Andrew Jones, of East Lyme, plays Taps during the East Lyme Memorial Day Parade Monday, May 27, 2024. (Sarah Gordon/The Day)
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    Girl Scouts hand out candy during the East Lyme Memorial Day Parade Monday, May 27, 2024. (Sarah Gordon/The Day)
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    Visitors watch the East Lyme Memorial Day Parade from the Gumdrops & Lollipops patio in Niantic Monday, May 27, 2024. (Sarah Gordon/The Day)
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    Members of the Lucretia Shaw Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, based out of New London, march on Main Street during the East Lyme Memorial Day Parade Monday, May 27, 2024. (Sarah Gordon/The Day)
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    Sonila Garling and her son Lawson, 6, of East Lyme, watch the East Lyme Memorial Day Parade from Pennsylvania Avenue Monday, May 27, 2024. (Sarah Gordon/The Day)
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    The East Lyme High School marching band plays during the East Lyme Memorial Day Parade Monday, May 27, 2024. (Sarah Gordon/The Day)
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    Players with East Lyme Little League Softball march down Main Street during the East Lyme Memorial Day Parade Monday, May 27, 2024. (Sarah Gordon/The Day)
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    East Lyme ― Crowds gathered on the sidewalks of downtown Niantic for the Memorial Day Parade on Monday.

    The annual parade started near St. John's Episcopal Church and proceeded down Main Street before ending at East Lyme Town Hall on Pennsylvania Avenue. The procession paused at the East Lyme Veterans Memorial as volunteers laid wreaths in honor of lives lost and Andrew Jones played Taps.

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