Closing Bell: Kings County Memorial Day Parade, Oldest in Nation, Happens in Bay Ridge

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    The nation will be awash in parades commemorating fallen soldiers this Memorial Day weekend — but only one has run continuously since Civil War casualties were recent memories.

    That would be the Kings County Memorial Day Parade, which kicks off for the 148th year in Bay Ridge on Monday. Run by the United Military Veterans of Kings County, it brings together veterans from every war going back to WWII, along with high-school marching bands, Irish pipers, antique cars, fleet week sailors and contingents from the FDNY and NYPD. Everything you want from a Memorial Day parade, in other words.

    Leading the throng will be Grand Marshal Howard Dunn, a WWII vet and lifelong Bay Ridge resident.

    Starting at 11 am at 3rd Avenue and 78th Street, the parade will run up 3rd Avenue, across Marine Avenue to 4th Avenue, and end at John Paul Jones Park at 101st Street. The crowning event is a memorial service that will include a wreath laying, a flag raising, the playing of taps and a 21-gun salute.

    More info here.

    Photos via United Military Veterans of Kings County

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