Walking through the State’s Veteran Cemetery in Middletown, there is a sense of honor, bravery and sacrifice. Thousands of veterans have been laid to rest.
or really, just the beginning? it s the beginning. there s so much more boarding schools that we have, yet. this is just the start. they know much more needs to be done. many more children need to be found. you look at it as why do these schools with, you know, a lot of the white children got to attend schools with playgrounds. our children had to attend schools with graveyards and it should be a wakeup call, now. reporter: pamela, this is the veteran cemetery on the rosebud sioux reservation and it s where the children will finally rest. they will be back home. as for the investigation, tribal leaders and many native groups are in favor of it. but they worry that a lot of the records have either been lost or maybe even purposely destroyed over the years. they also worry that they will only work to identify potential grave sites of mass-burial sites. it won t actually bring the children home. which is, of course, what they want.
Darien marks Memorial Day with parade s return
Jarret Liotta
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Darien kids, from left, Avery Devoogd, 3, Eva Elgert, 5, James Parish, 5, and Bennett Parish, 3, are enjoying the Memorial Day parade on Monday, May 31, 2021.Jarret Liotta / For Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
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A cake commemorating the town s 200th birthday at the Darien Memorial Day parade on Monday, May 31, 2021Jarret Liotta / For Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
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Cassandra Eady of Darien watches the procession passing by on Route 1 at the Memorial Day parade on Monday, May 31, 2021.Jarret Liotta / For Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
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State Rep. Terrie Wood, left, and First Selectman Jayme Stevenson pose with Grand Marshal Peter Kenyon before the Memorial Day ceremony in Spring Grove Cemetery Monday, May 31, 2021.Jarret Liotta / For Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less