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Mostly Cloudy West Hempstead remembers on Memorial Day
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World War Two veteran Eddie Rosenblum with his wife, Shirley, and daughter, Janice, marched in the parade.
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Kiersten and Tyler DeLorey got into the spirit of the day.
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A vintage truck from the West Hempstead Fire Department also made an appearance during the parade.
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The West Hempstead High School band trailed the West Hempstead Board of Education banner, held by board trustees Cynthia Di Miceli and Tony Brita.
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Mary Jane Vitale, Genevieve Broschardt, Elaine Larkin and Pearl Rhodes applauded the veterans at they passed by on the parade route.
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Parade Grand Marshal Bruno Cotroneo, a World War Two veteran, enjoyed the smooth ride through the parade route.
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The Marine Corps Color Guard performed at the start of the West Hempstead Memorial Day Parade on May 30.
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Hundreds of West Hempstead residents took the streets Monday, May 30, to march in the hamlet's annual Memorial Day Parade, which was sponsored by the American Legion Cathedral Post 1087 and the West Hempstead Community Support Association.
The parade began at the St. Thomas the Apostle Chapel on Hempstead Avenue and ended at the Echo Park parking field, where the ceremony and laying of wreaths took place.
The West Hempstead school district marching bands led the parade. Among participants were members of Post 1087, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 325, Van Cott Post 1139, the Lakeview and West Hempstead Fire Deptartments, Boy Scout Troop 240, West Hempstead/Franklin Square Girl Scouts and the Marine Color Guard.
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