A weekend to remember and honor
Queens Memorial Day parades and vigils pay tribute to the fallen, mark D-Day milestone
BY TIMESLEDGER STAFF
Memorial Day may be
considered as the “unofficial
start of summer,” but across
Queens, it’s an opportunity
for local residents to pay
tribute to all those who served
in the Armed Forces and
gave their lives in defense of
the country.
This weekend will feature
an array of parades and
memorial ceremonies around
the “World’s Borough”
featuring tributes from local
and community groups,
elected officials, marching
bands, troops and veterans
organizations.
Here are details of just a
few Queens Memorial Day
marches and ceremonies, in
chronological order (all of
which are scheduled to take
place rain or shine):
Bayside
Residents of Bayside will
honor the sacrifices made
by generation of soldiers
during the Bayside Hills
Civic Association Memorial
Day ceremony this Saturday
morning, May 25, at 9:30 a.m.
Participants will gather at
the corner of Bell Boulevard
and 53rd Avenue for the vigil,
which will include local
elected officials, prayers, local
Boy Scout troops, officers
from the 111th Precinct,
the Board 11 Community
Emergency Response Team
and local theater star
Rhea Arkin.
Forest Hills
The Memorial Day Parade
in Forest Hills will be held on
Sunday, May 26, beginning
at noon and is hosted by the
American Legion Continental
Post 1424. Also marching
are veterans and active
enlisted as well as officers
of the United States Armed
Forces. Attendees are asked
to gather at 11 a.m. to march
on Metropolitan Avenue
between Ascan Avenue and
Remsen Cemetery, corner
of Metropolitan Avenue and
Trotting Course Lane.
Maspeth
The 34th annual Maspeth
Memorial Day Parade will
begin on Sunday at 1 p.m.
at 72nd Street and Grand
Avenue, with memorial
services taking place at 2
The College Point parade, one of the oldest in the city, makes a detour every year to march in front of the VFW Post and pick up members
who want a ride up College Point Boulevard. This image is from the 2018 march. File photo/QNS
p.m. at Maspeth Memorial
Park at 69th Street and
Grand Avenue.
This year’s march pays
special tribute to the 75th
anniversary of D-Day, the
Allied Invasion of Nazioccupied
Europe which
occurred on June 6, 1944.
The United Veterans and
Fraternal Organizations of
Maspeth and the Maspeth
Chamber of Commerce
sponsor the parade.
College Point
The red, white and blue
will fly proudly at the College
Point Memorial Day Parade
this Sunday. The event begins
at 2 p.m. on 26th Avenue and
proceeds north along College
Point Boulevard to MacNeil
Park. The participants include
eight marching bands, local
elected officials and members
of the Armed Forces. The
parade is presented by the
College Point Citizens for
Memorial Day.
Rosedale
Hundreds of people will
take part in the Rosedale
Memorial Day Parade this
Monday morning, May
27. The march kicks off at
11:15 a.m. at the corner of
243rd Street and Mayda
Road, with participants
heading to the Veterans &
Vietnam Memorial Squares
at the corner of Sunrise
Highway and Francis Lewis
Boulevard, where a memorial
service will be held. The
parade is sponsored by the
Rosedale Civic Association,
the American Legion Post 483
and the Rosedale/Laurelton/
Ladies Auxiliary.
Whitestone
The annual Whitestone
Veterans Memorial
Association’s Memorial Day
Parade will commence at
149th Street and 15th Drive
at noon on Monday. The
Jewish War Veterans Post
415, Veterans of Foreign Wars
Post 4787, American Legion
Post 131 and community
groups in the neighborhood
are set to participate.
Ridgewood-Glendale
The 81st Ridgewood-
Glendale Memorial Day
Parade will get underway at
11 a.m. on Monday morning.
As tradition goes in oddnumbered
years, the march
will step off from the Glendale
Memorial Triangle at the
corner of Myrtle and Cooper
Avenues, then head west along
Myrtle Avenue to Ridgewood.
The Allied Veterans
Committee of Ridgewood
and Glendale sponsors the
annual parade.
Howard Beach
Howard Beach residents
will again pay tribute to
all who served and died in
defense of our country with
its annual parade on Monday
morning. The march steps
off at 11 a.m. from Coleman
Square, located at the corner
of 159th Avenue and 103rd
Street, and will wind its way
through local streets before
returning to the square for a
memorial ceremony.
Little Neck/Douglaston
The Little Neck-
Douglaston Memorial Day
Parade, which is widely
regarded as the largest parade
of its kind in the nation, will
begin at 2 p.m. on Monday
and run along Northern
Boulevard from Jayson
Avenue to 245th Street.
This year’s theme, “What
so proudly we hail,” honors
the 205th anniversary of The
Star-Spangled Banner, the
national anthem. The parade
will also honor the 50th
anniversary of the Vietnam
War escalation in 1969
and the 75th anniversary
of D-Day.
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