Friday, July 11, 2025
Residents, elected officials, and community leaders paid their respect and honored the men and women who died in combat while serving in the U.S. Armed Forces at Glenwood Landing’s annual Memorial Day parade.
The parade, organized by Glenwood American Legion Post 190, began at 8:30 a.m. on May 26 at Glenwood Road and Willard Place. Following a brief ceremony, the parade proceeded down Glen Cove Avenue and Glenwood Road, finishing at the American Legion Hall at 190 Glen Head Road.
Fitting with the day’s themes of honor and remembrance, those who died in combat were saluted at the beginning of the parade and honored with a ceremony at the end of the parade.
In addition speeches and prayers were also given at the end of the event.
The ceremony featured music by members of the North Shore High School band, the Our Savior’s Lutheran Church chorus and the North Shore Community Chorus.
In addition local law enforcement, elected officials and veterans were all in the parade.
Congress passed the Uniform Monday Holiday Act in 1968, which established Memorial Day as the last Monday in May to create a three-day weekend for federal employees. The change went into effect in 1971.
The same law also declared Memorial Day a federal holiday.
