On Sunday evening, Glenville was the spot for a Memorial Day Parade and service to honor those who perished while serving in the country’s armed forces.

During the service, Eagle Scouts Trevor Webb and Elias Boyer read aloud all the names of those from Glenville who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country and the Glenville Volunteer company lowered the flag to half staff.

Between the parade and the service, Anthony Muskus shared the story of his service. Mr. Muskus, whose parents came to Greenwich in 1905, said he spent six years in sea planes. The first two and a half years in the Caribbean on the hunt for German submarines. “The other half was in the Pacific looking for any pilot who fell in the ocean or someone who was sick on a ship in the ocean,” he said.

“Six years is a long time to be in the service,” said Capt. Brad Boyer, who was also chatting with Mr. Muskus. “He served much longer than most.”

Senator Blumenthal, who asked all who had served their country to raise their hands, said the event was about community, but also about family. Of his four children, Senator Blumenthal said two are serving in the Marine Corps Reserve – one deployed to Afghanistan and one serving US Navy.

“The reason they serve, in part, is because of the role models in the community are good models of service and sacrifice that you have shown,” Blumenthal said.

Mr. Blumenthal said that too often people forget about the names on the monument beside the fire house, which he said are not just names in the abstract.

“It’s faces, voices, futures they sacrificed so that we could have our future,” he said. “It’s families, who were left with a hole in their lives, a left with a hole in their hearts when they left and never returned.”