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Connecticut Tercentenary (300th) Celebration. Stratford Legion Drum Corps.

Judge Ned Ostmark (center) leads a parade, with police on motorcycles and horseback, along the Post Road in 1947. The first Memorial Day parade probably took place in 1923 and has been an important part of the town’s commemoration ever since.

Memorial Day in Fairfield, 1976

Memorial Day Parade with marching men dressed as Indians, a man carrying an American flag, and crowds lining the street in Fairfield on the Post Road in 1939.

Marching band as part of parade for Fairfield celebration of Connecticut's centenary.

Stratford Legion Drum Corps marching in parade in Fairfield in honor of Connecticut's tercentenary, 1935.

Four figures sitting on a bench near Town Hall Green, at a celebration in honor of Connecticut's tercentenary. Pictured are Mrs. Fred Burr (in white) and Annie B. Jennings.

Connecticut Tercentenary Parade.