Remembering Our Heroes

Memorial Day weekend is a focal point of the year. It’s the unofficial start of summer; when the public beaches and summer rentals open. Children get a taste of summer vacation before the agonizing return for the last few weeks of school. The winter sports are deciding their champions, and baseball, the National Pastime, has its pennant races well underway.
It is also a time when we remember the millions who died in our wars.
In observance of Memorial Day, Queens neighborhoods host more ceremonies and parades than any other borough - from a quiet ceremony on Thursday, May 24, in Woodhaven, before the weekend officially began, to the country’s largest parade on Monday, May 28, that ran through Little Neck and Douglaston for nearly three hours.
Between the two, there were parades in Forest Hills, Maspeth, College Point, Rosedale, Laurelton, Glendale, Howard Beach and Whitestone
From the sound of a single bugle to the blare of marching bands, from pre-schoolers in their strollers to the war-torn in their wheelchairs, we waved our flags from the sidelines, or placed them at gravesites, or carried them down our boulevards, to honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice, and pay tribute to the members of our armed forces who carry on.