6 times • MAY 28, 2015 FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.timesnewsweekly.com REMEMBERING HEROES ON MEMORIAL DAY An NYPD color guard strides along Metropolitan Avenue in Forest Hills Parents and children from P.S. 101 at the Forest Hills parade Sen. Charles Schumer was among the participants at the Maspeth Memorial Day march. Residents proudly waved the flag while marching at the Forest Hills parade The Ridgewood Property Owners and Civic Association was front and center at the Ridgewood- Glendale Memorial Day Parade The Coastal Patrol Cadet Corps Local Girl Scouts march down Myrtle Avenue. Navy sailors and Marines helped lead the way in Maspeth. Maspeth Federal Savings bank The Aviation High School Junior ROTC was well represented at the Maspeth Memorial Day Parade. PHOTOS BY ANTHONY GIUDICE, ALLEN NGAI AND ROBERT POZARYCKI With applause and banner waving, residents across Queens gave thanks to those who fought and died in defense of the nation at a number of parades and vigils held on Memorial Day weekend. Maspeth streets were filled with patriots on Sunday, May 24, for the community’s annual Memorial Day Parade, sponsored by the United Veterans and Fraternal Organizations of Maspeth. Various elected officials, including Assemblywoman Margaret Markey, attended and offered special gratitude to two Maspeth veterans who served as the parade’s grand marshals, James Desio and William Aronowicz, both of whom are World War II veterans. Old Glory also flew proudly in Forest Hills Sunday afternoon for the community’s Memorial Day march, sponsored by the American Legion Continental Post 1424. On Monday, May 25, Ridgewood and Glendale residents got their turn to salute America’s soldiers during the community’s Memorial Day Parade, which this year began at Glendale Memorial Triangle and then proceeded west along Myrtle Avenue in Ridgewood. The Allied Veterans Committee of Ridgewood and Glendale again sponsored this year’s march.
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