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Glen Cove’s Memorial Day Parade draws crowds
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Grand Marshal Dave Hubbard, far right, with Master of Ceremonies Fred Neilsen, veterans both.
Tab Hauser/ Herald photos
Bagpipe player Catherine Lewis passed the reviewing stand.
The ceremony included a gun salute.
Brass and woodwind musicians from Glen Cove Middle School, above, kept the music going.
Veterans David Christie, left, Ron Oldenburg Sr., Howard Stillwagon and Don Oldenburg Jr. attended the ceremony.
Retired Sgt. Tony Jimenez, left, and retired Sgt. Evelyn Kandel honored the fallen.
People of all ages took part in the parade.
Families, children and veterans lined the streets to watch Glen Cove’s annual Memorial Day Parade on Monday. The beat of the drums from the Sea Cliff Band and the sound of trumpets from the Robert M. Finley Middle School Band resounded across town.
This year’s parade honored Cpl. James Erwin Donohue, who fought in World War I. He was assigned to Company M of the 106th Infantry, and during the Second Battle of the Marne, he suffered severe wounds and died in 1918. Donohue was the first casualty of World War I to return to Glen Cove. The Police Department, the Volunteer Fire Department and the Veterans of Foreign Wars post were all named in his honor.
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