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Mostly Cloudy Long Beach Memorial Day Parade
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Courtesy City of Long Beach
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Courtesy City of Long Beach
Members of the Long Beach Police Department filed down Park Avenue.
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West School and their mascot, the sea horse head down Park Avenue.
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Cars with veterans ride down the parade route.
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Harry Reiter walks down the parade route with his daughter.
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Veteran John Radin waves to the crowd.
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Joseph Ponte hands out flags prior to the start of the parade.
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Long Beach Police officers started off the parade.
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Lindell School lead the elementary schools down Park Avenue.
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Lido School principal Brenda Young lead her students down the parade route.
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Students from the Long Beach Middle School band entertained the crowd.
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The Long Beach High School flag girls performed.
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Members of the Long Beach Fire Department marched down Park Avenue.
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Students from Long Beach Catholic Regional School perform for Grand Marshal Alfred Palmieri, an alumni of the school.
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Students and teachers from Long Beach Catholic Regional School head down the parade route.
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Brooke Bochner, 3 years old, Steven Bochner, 6 years old with their dad Jay Bochner.
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Lily Evans, 3 years old, with her dad Bill Evans before the start of the parade.
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Long Beach Elementary Band, made up of fifth grade students from all of the elementary schools.
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The East School recorder band entertained the crowd.
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Cub Scouts from Pack 51 make their way down Park Avenue.
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Dr. Robert Greenberg and the Board of Education.
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Sgt. Alfred Palmieri, center, Long Beach’s first veteran of a post-9/11 military conflict to serve as grand marshal of the city’s Memorial Day parade, enjoyed the holiday with his parents, Alfred Sr. and Marie, at the post-parade ceremony outside City Hall on Monday.
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The Long Beach High School marching band and other school bands played patriotic songs along the parade route.
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Assemblyman Harvey Weisenberg and his wife, Ellen, rode in a convertible.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars marched at the head of the parade.
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Long Beach VFW Commander John Zimmerman, second from left, American Legion Commander Howard Kalachman and Omar Karom of AMVETS South Shore Post 100 at a post-parade memorial at Kennedy Plaza.
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Gold star mother Rosemary Wagner placed a wreath at Kennedy Plaza to honor her son, William.
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