Staples High School senior Kevin Walker (r) plays taps as veterans lay a wreath during today’s Memorial Day ceremony at Westport’s Veterans Green. See more photos below and on COMMUNITY page. (CLICK TO ENLARGE)  WestportNow.com photo

Westport First Selectwoman Diane G. Farrell addresses today’s Memorial Day ceremony at Veterans Green. It followed a Memorial Day parade under sunny skies that was the largest in Westport’s history. (CLICK TO ENLARGE)  WestportNow.com photo

Spotting a familiar face in today’s Westport Memorial Day parade brought shrieks of delight to these onlookers. WestportNow.com photo

The Staples High School band was among several bands in today’s Westport Memorial Day parade.(CLICK TO ENLARGE)  WestportNow.com photo

Everyone loves a parade, even Westport’s four-legged citizens who lined the parade route of today’s Memorial Day march. (CLICK TO ENLARGE)  WestportNow.com photo

The Westport Fire Department Memorial Day parade marchers today carried an American flag flown over Baghdad during the war in Iraq. The flag, behind the larger one carried by the department’s honor guard, was signed by members of a Marine battalion, one of whom has since been killed in action. (CLICK TO ENLARGE)  WestportNow.com photo

Westport First Selectwoman Diane G. Farrell and Selectman Carl Leaman wave to today’s Memorial Day crowds. (CLICK TO ENLARGE)  Julia Mally for WestportNow.com

The World War II vets got a big hand from today’s Memorial Day parade watchers. (CLICK TO ENLARGE)  WestportNow.com photo

The Westport Police Department honor guard was one of the first units in today’s Memorial Day parade. (CLICK TO ENLARGE)  Emily Laux Roche for WestportNow.com

A military jet flies over today’s Westport Memorial Day parade in salute. (CLICK TO ENLARGE)  Julia Mally for WestportNow.com