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COURIER L 4 IFE, JUNE 4-10, 2021
Brooklyn honors
BY KEVIN DUGGAN
Hu ndr eds of Brooklynites
paid their respects to veterans
and those who died fighti
ng for the United States on
Memorial Day.
At le a st two sepa rate
events honored t he fal len
heroes in the borough Monday,
includ in g the 154th Memorial
Day Pa rade and Motorcade
in Bay Ridge wh ich
drew dozens of spectators
from Kings County a nd beyond
along its route, according
to one of the organizers.
“T he best t hi ng was riding
along seeing al l the
pe ople from Bay R idge and
Brooklyn along the parade
rout e,” said Raymond Aalbue,
the chairman of the parade
and executive direc tor
of United Military Veterans
of King s County.
After a p aired- dow n version
of the event in 20 20 due
to t he pandemic, the parade
was back in fu ll force this
yea r, wit h a motorcade dow n
Thir d Avenue. T he d rive was
followed by a wreath laying
at ffai
t he Brookly n Vete rans A rs hospital at Poly Place,
and a memorial service at
nearby Joh n Paul Jones
Park , where veter a ns raised
the American f la g.
“This year we had a c rowd,
t his year we were back to normal,”
sa id A a lbue, who s erved
in the Air Force i n Oki nawa,
Japa n, and Korea i n t he late
1960s.
A specia l fl oat was dedicated
to Brooklyn’s vetera
ns servic es organiz ation,
to rai se awareness for the
borough, veterans and t heir
familie s held a tribute at t he
Brooklyn War Memorial at
Cadman Park, with severa l
sp eakers, i ncluding one Seymour
g roups, he said.
The parade, run c ompletely
by veterans, was founded ju s t
a fter the end of the Civi l Wa r
with its fi rst iter ation in 186 7
on Easter n Pa rkway, and it is
considered the oldest continuously
runnin g Memor ia l Day
parade in a large cit y in the
nation.
It was held at Easter n Parkway
unti l 1 985 , followe d by a
brief tenu re on Prospect Park
We st, and moved to Bay Ridge
more tha n 30 yea rs ago due to
t proximity
he neighborho od’s to US A rmy Garri son Fort
Hamilton.
On the other side of t he
Kaplan, who helped liberate
the Dachau concentrat
i on c a mp i n G erma ny du rin g
World War II, accordi ng to the
event ’s orga nizer.
“It puts a lot of t hings in
perspective,” said Cad man
Park Conserva ncy President
Doreen Ga l lo.
Kapla n showed off memorabi
li a from hi s tour in the
European theatre, including
a Germa n soldier’s d agger,
and the elder veteran related
a stor y of when he snuck out
a bowl f rom Adolf H itler’s
home.
“His manner, he’s just this
delig htful person , despite
speaking about these horrible
things,” said Gallo of Kaplan.
“I feel very privileged to be
with the se people and share
their stories.”
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