Solemn tribute in New Canaan to our nation s heroes
Leon M. Krolikowski, Chief of Police
May 27, 2021
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New Canaan Chief of Police Leon M. Krolikowski writes this guest column about Memorial Day, along with solicitations that can occur.Erin Kayata / Hearst Connecticut Media
On May 31, Memorial Day, we honor those veterans who made the ultimate sacrifice by giving their lives for our great county. Memorial Day honors their service and sacrifice. Nearly 850 Veterans are buried in Lakeview Cemetery.
As Memorial Day approaches, it s a good time to remind the patriotic citizens of New Canaan to be aware of phony organizations who solicit on behalf of Veterans. Several years ago, the late Colonel Peter Langenus, U.S. Army (ret.), the then Commander of New Canaan s Veterans of Foreign War Post 653 received a telephone call from a shopper who had been approached for a monetary donation in front of a store in New Canaan.
Memorial Day letter from the New Canaan Chief of Police
Leon M. Krolikowski
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The weekend before Memorial Day finds many war veterans distributing poppies in order to honor the ultimate sacrifice of our nation’s veterans. In New Canaan, members of our local Veterans of Foreign War (VFW) Post 653 will distribute poppies in front of ACME Market, Walter Stewart’s Market and Dunkin’ Donuts. The significance of the poppy in honoring our nation’s war dead is traced to World War I.
From the battlefields of World War I, weary soldiers brought home the memory of a barren landscape transformed by wild poppies, red as the blood that had soaked the soil. By that miracle poppy became a symbol of the sacrifice of lives in war and represented the hope that none had died in vain. The poppy has continued to bloom for the casualties wars, its petals of paper bound together for veterans by veterans, reminding America each year that the men and women