This morning, Monday, May 27, downtown Westport overflowed with patriotic Americans celebrating Memorial Day and watching Westport’s Memorial Day Parade. As the parade began, police and military officers got the spotlight as they marched down their route. Other officers followed, including Emergency Medical Technicians. Then, World War II veterans rode through the parade, most of them in convertibles. Afterward, many organizations, bands and sports teams made their way through the procession, waving American flags and celebrating our fallen soldiers. The crowd cheered and clapped for all in the parade.
Parading Around Westport
The Coleytown marching band performed in the parade.
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Emma Lederer, Staff Writer
After three years of working on Inklings, Emma Lederer ’16 has found a passion for writing
opinions. “I just have a lot of opinions,” she said with a laugh.
She joined Inklings directly out of Intro, and was one of the only freshman in the class. “It was a
little intimidating at first,” she admits, “but I learned the ropes that way.”
When she’s not writing for Inklings, she can be found working on Soundings, Staples’s “kinda
underrated” literary magazine.
Looking forward to senior year, Lederer is most excited for the football games, even though
she’s never been the biggest sports fan –– she’s excited to have school spirit going into her last
year.
