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Hundreds of people lined the streets of Lynbrook on Monday to remember the servicemen and women who gave their lives fighting for freedom.
Lynbrook’s …
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By Brian Croce
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5/30/12
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According to The Associated Press, some 1,843 American soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan since 2001.
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5/24/12
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Patriots weekend in Lynbrook; parades and ceremonies in East Rockaway and Lynbrook
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By Mary Malloy
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5/23/12
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Robert C. Moser and Thomas Kelly from Cub Scout Pack 84, St. Raymond's, East Rockaway, placed American fags at the headstone of American Veterans on Memorial Day weekend. Members of Troop 84 were at Pinelawn Cemetery by 6 am on Saturday to honor all our veterans by placing flags at every headstone.
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6/10/11
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World War II veteran William Tricarico, 86, smiled the smile of a man who loves being in uniform. He smiled as the East Rockaway Memorial Day parade made its way past him, looking nostalgic and proud of his country, his community and his fellow former members of the military. The smile was tinged with respect — the respect of a man who knows full well the solemn meaning of the last Monday in May.
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By Mary Malloy
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6/1/11
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The Village of Lynbrook hosted its annual Memorial Day parade and held solemn ceremonies at the Doughboy monument to honor their war dead.
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Mary Malloy
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6/2/10
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The Village of East Rockaway, along with its local veterans organizations, hosted its annual parade and honor ceremonies at Memorial Park on Atlantic Avenue.
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Mary Malloy
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5/31/10
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We all think it: Memorial Day symbolizes the start of summer. For many Americans it means dusting off the grill and making the pool water sparkle. It means big sales at the stores. It means hot dogs, baseball and a three-day weekend. It means that spring is on its way out and the hazy, lazy, crazy days of summer are on the way in.
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5/28/10
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East Rockaway
8 a.m. – Interfaith service at St.Raymond’s Church, Atlantic Ave.., East Rockaway
10 a.m. – parade will start at VFW Post on Main Street; ceremony at …
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Mary Malloy
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5/27/10
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In 1915, in response to John McCrae’s battlefront-theme poem In Flanders Fields, Moina Micheal, a professor at the University of Georgia, published a poem in response called “We Shall Keep the …
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Mary Malloy
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5/27/10
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