6 THE QUEENS COURIER • MAY 7, 2015 FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.queenscourier.com COLLEGE POINT TO CELEBRATE MEMORIAL DAY WITH 11-YEAR-OLD POPPY QUEEN BY ALINA SURIEL [email protected] @alinangelica This year’s Memorial Day Parade in College Point has a pretty little Poppy Queen with a patriotic heritage. Julia Elizabeth Freehan, a fi fth-grader at a local Catholic school, is a talented Julia Elizabeth Freehan will be Poppy Queen at this year’s Memorial Day Parade in College Point. BUY DIRECT FROM THE MANUFACTURER FREE Measuring & Installation w/purchase of $100. with this ad. • Draperies • Vertical Blinds • Honeycomb Shades • Custom Window Shades • Mini Blinds Nobody Beats Our Prices! • Roman Shades • Balloon Shades • Swags & Jabots • Shutters • Upholstery • Radiator Covers • Table Pads UP TO 70% OFF LIST PRICE Free Interior Design Consultation $20 OFF with purchase of $200 or more *Not to be combined w/other offers. Expires 5/15/15 $50 OFF with purchase of $500 or more *Not to be combined w/other offers. Expires 5/5/15 $100 OFF with purchase of $1,000 or more *Not to be combined w/other offers. Expires 5/5/15 GOMER’S Window Treatments SINCE 1962 FREE SHOP AT HOME SERVICE SERVING QUEENS AND LONG ISLAND 1.800.522.6156 www.gomersdecorators.com FREEFREEFREE THE COURIER/File photo Saturday, May 9 • 12pm – 3pm PS 69 77-02 37th Ave Jackson Heights, Queens Bring clean, reusable, portable items such as clothing, house wares, electronics, books & toys that you no longer need. No furniture or large items. Take home something new-to-you, free! You don’t have to bring something to take something. 212.788.0227 In Partnership With [email protected] GrowNYC.org/Swap nyc.gov/recycle young performance artist who enjoys acting, singing and dancing, and both her paternal and maternal grandfathers served in the U.S. Army. Her paternal grandfather, William Freehan, was a veteran of the Korean War who served from 1951 to 1953. He spent his professional years after 1959 as a New York City fi refi ghter until he lost his life as a fi rst deputy fi re commissioner responding to the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001. Freehan’s maternal grandfather, Bob Fetonte, served in the U.S. Army in 1961 and was honorably discharged. Julia’s father, John, was also involved in public service, serving as a corpsman in the Army Reserve from 1999 to 2003 with Fleet Hospital in Fort Dix. He is now a chief in the FDNY. The Grand Marshal of the parade will be Army veteran Louis A. Di Agostino. Di Agostino was awarded the Military Order of the Purple Heart after serving in the Korean War, and he will be leading the way for marching bands, members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, and the First Reformed Church, among other youth groups and service organizations The parade is set to start at 2 p.m. on May 24.
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