28 THE QUEENS COURIER • MAY 31, 2018 FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT WWW.QNS.COM
Queens celebrates Memorial
BY ROBERT POZARYCKI
rpozarycki@qns.com / @robbpoz
Despite dreary weather, residents across
Queens marked Memorial Day weekend
with an array of parades and vigils honoring
the lives of those soldiers who paid
the ultimate price to defend our country.
Community groups, active service
members, veterans organizations and
elected offi cials marched through the
streets of local neighborhoods on Sunday
and Monday, May 27-28, proudly waving
the American fl ag and paying homage for
the generations of Americans who fought
and died to protect the republic and the
freedom of its people.
Along the way, they were greeted by
hundreds of fl ag-bearing spectators —
some carrying signs showing their appreciation
for the troops — who cheered on
the marchers, especially those in uniform.
Th e biggest gathering was found in
Little Neck and Douglaston; the communities’
joint parade is the largest Memorial
Day parade in the country, and it brought
out both Governor Andrew Cuomo and
Mayor Bill de Blasio. Th ey joined a litany
of local elected offi cials and dignitaries
for the march along Northern Boulevard.
Th ese pages show you just some of the
commemorations that took place. Visit
qns.com for more photos from parades
across Queens.
Photos by Andrew Grant, Walter
Karling, Dean Moses, Allen Ngai, Josef
Pinlac and Dominick Totino
Howard Beach
Sailors in Whitestone
Mayor Bill de Blasio at the Little Neck-Douglaston Parade
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