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Fair Island Park comes together to celebrate Memorial Day
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Taps for the Fallen: Lee Dash offered a rendition of Taps. VFW Honor Guard: Stephanie Hood and VFW Members and Brothers Theodore and Dennis Bunce.
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Barry Shaw and Mickie Hastava waited on one of the parade's vintage fire trucks for the start of the Island Park Memorial Day Parade on Saturday morning, May 25.
Greg Kramer, of Island Park, raised his American flag in remembrance of the fallen veterans of the United States of America.
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The band members of Lincoln Orens Middle School prepared their musical numbers for the parade.
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Antonina Russum, daughter of Francis X. Hegarty School Principal Jacob Russum, danced before the parade began.
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The United Methogist Church's Seashell Nursery School marches down Long Beach Road while (far left) Jessica Koenig of the Island Park Public Library marches in front of them.
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Vintage Fire Truck from the Village of East Rockaway announced the selection of the Grand Marshall for the 2019 Island Park Memorial Day Parade.
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A closing prayer by Monsignor Tutone, center, of the services at the Village of Island Park for the 2019 Memorial Day Parade and Ceremony.
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Village of Island Park Mayor Michael McGinty addressed the gathered crowd at the 2019 Village of Island Park Memorial Day Parade.
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Monsignor Tutone of the Sacred Heart Church offered a prayer for fallen veterans. On the left is Grand Marshall Patrick Martin and his adjutants Gilbert Papocchia, Antonio Perez and John Segreto, as well as Bob Wilson, veteran coordinator at the Village of Island Park. VIP dignitaries surround the stage presentation.
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Bob Wilson, veteran coordinator of the VFW Post, center, addressed the audience at the start of the Island Park Memorial Day Parade. Seated on the left are three adjutants to the Grand Marshall Gilbert Papocchia, Antonio Perez and John Segreto.
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Village of Island Park Mayor Michael McGinty and his wife, Jeannie McGinty, pose with Town of Hempstead Receiver of Taxes, Donald X. Clavin, Jr.
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Island Park Fire Department marched down Long Beach Road.
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The Long Beach School Musical Band (LBSMB) played jazz music as they marched down Long Beach Road.
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Preparations were underway at the monument in Island Park as the parade rounded the corner to come to the reviewing stand on Long Beach Road.
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Residents and community members honored fallen veterans at a parade for Memorial Day on May 25.
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