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Navy veteran Peter Kenyon will be the the grand marshal for Darien’s upcoming Memorial Day Parade on Monday, May 31, and Sharad Samy will be the keynote speaker at the ceremony after the parade, the Monuments and Ceremonies Commission announced.
The Memorial Day ceremony at the Veterans Cemetery in Spring Grove Cemetery is scheduled to take place at 11:30 a.m.
Parade Marshal: Peter Kenyon
From the announcement about the parade marshal:
Commander Peter Kenyon served on active duty in the Pacific from 1963 to 1966, aboard USS Bausell (destroyer DD-845.) While attached to the 7th Fleet they engaged in plane guard duty, naval gunfire support (shore bombardment), Search and Rescue operations, amphibious task force escort duty, Formosa Patrol, and Anit Submarine patrols.
Written by Laura Racanelli
On Tuesday, May 25, at 7:00pm, Michael J. Mauboussin, head of Consilient Research, Counterpoint Global, Morgan Stanley, will conclude the Darien Community Association’s highly-acclaimed speaker series, Darien Neighbors, Global Players. Michael will discuss Methods to Improve Decisions.
Michael J. Mauboussin has served as Director of Research at Blue Mountain Capital, Head of Global Financial Strategies at Credit Suisse, and Chief Investment Strategist at Legg Mason Capital Management, prior to his current position at Counterpoint Global. He is also the author of three books, and has been an adjunct professor of finance at Columbia Business School since 1993. A graduate of Georgetown University, Michael lives in Darien.
Darien Community Association Annual Meeting with Guest Speaker David Genovese, Founder, Baywater Properties Written by Laura Racanelli
Join us at this year’s Darien Community Association’s (DCA) Annual Meeting on Thursday, May 20 at 10:00am, to hear David Genovese, Founder, Baywater Properties discuss
The Transformation of Downtown Darien, a Look into the Future. This will be a virtual event. Registrants will receive an email with an access link the day before the event.
David Genovese and his partner, Penny Glassmeyer, have developed several of Darien’s now iconic properties, including Grove Street Plaza and 1020 Boston Post Road, among others. After nearly 16 years of effort acquiring and assembling a total of over seven acres in downtown, and working with Darien’s boards and commissions in achieving zoning approvals, Baywater’s next project, The Corbin District, is about to begin construction. In total, the project will add 116 luxury apartments, 12 units