Memorial Day 2015

Memorial Day parades and happenings

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Baldwin: The Baldwin Memorial Day Parade will start at the corner of Grand and Linden avenues on Monday at 9:55 a.m., and head south on Grand to Foxhurst Road, where a ceremony will follow at Silver Lake Park.

Bellmore: Folks from across the Bellmores are expected to gather to honor America’s fallen at the community’s annual Memorial Day parade on Monday. The procession, co-sponsored by North Bellmore American Legion Post No. 1749 and Bellmore American Legion Post No. 948, will run from north to central Bellmore. There will also be memorial services at two monuments. A service will be held at 9 a.m. at the veterans’ monument, between Newbridge Road Elementary School and the North Bellmore Public Library. After the remembrance, the parade will step off at 10 a.m. The procession will start at Bellmore and Marshall avenues and head south on Bellmore Avenue. Marchers will turn right onto Oak Street and then left onto Bedford Avenue. The parade will end at the veterans’ monument outside Bellmore Fire Department headquarters.

East Meadow: United Veterans Organization of Nassau County will be hosting a memorial ceremony at Eisenhower Park at 10 a.m. on Sunday, May 24.

East Rockaway: Parade will be held on Monday, May 25, starting at 10 a.m. at V.F.W. Hall, 164 Main Street, east along Main Street to Ocean Avenue, north on Ocean Avenue to Centre Avenue, west on Centre Avenue to Atlantic Avenue, south on Atlantic Avenue to Woods Avenue past the reviewing stand in front of the East Rockaway Village Hall at 376 Atlantic Ave.

Lynbrook: The Lynbrook Memorial Day parade will be held on Monday, May 25. Start ceremonies at VFW Lynbrook, Merrick Rd. for cake and coffee, 8:30 a.m., at 9 a.m., VFW flag pole services; 9:45 a.m., parade steps off. Route is Charles and Merrick (at McDonalds), west on Merrick, south on Forest, west Stuaderman, north on Atlantis, west on Merrick, south on Columbus; pass and review on Columbus. Ceremony at Doughboy monument. All are welcome!

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