8 THE COURIER SUN • MAY 28, 2015 FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.couriersun.com QUEENS HONORS HEROES AT MEMORIAL DAY EVENTS WITH PHOTOS BY ANTHONY GIUDICE, Plaza for the Greater Woodhaven Development ALLEN NGAI AND MARCIN ZURAWICZ Corporation’s wreath-laying ceremony honoring fallen soldiers. Maspeth streets were fi lled with patriots With applause and banner waving, residents across on Sunday, May 24, for the community’s annual Queens gave thanks to those who fought and died Memorial Day Parade, sponsored by the United in defense of the nation at a number of parades and Veterans and Fraternal Organizations of Maspeth. vigils held on Memorial Day weekend. The salute Various elected offi cials, including Assemblywoman began early in Woodhaven on the night of Thursday, Margaret Markey, attended and offered special gratitude May 21, when residents gathered at Forest Parkway 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. Parades were also held on Memorial Day Monday along Myrtle Avenue in Ridgewood and Glendale and through the streets of Howard Beach. The Ridgewood-Glendale parade was organized by the Allied Veterans Committee of Ridgewood and Glendale, while the Bernard F. Coleman VFW Post 2565 sponsored the Howard Beach march. Members of Girl Scout Daisy Troop 4743 at Our Lady of Grace School in Howard Beach State Senator Joseph Addabbo, Democratic District Leader Frank Gulluscio and Community Board 10 Chairperson Betty Braton joined police and others at the Howard Beach parade on May 25 The Ridgewood Property Owners and Civic Association was on the march on May 25 in Glendale. Marines and Navy sailors head along Grand Avenue in Maspeth. Assemblywoman Margaret Markey with Maspeth Memorial Day Parade grand marshals James Desio and William Aronowicz Queens Borough President Melinda Katz greets residents at the Laurelton Memorial Day Parade. Maspeth marchers donned colonial-era military uniforms at the May 25 parade
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