Cedarhurst Mayor Andrew Parise, left, with Five Towns Auxiliary Police Unit Capt. Dan Gluck. The Auxiliary Police ensured the safe progress of the parade down Central Avenue.
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One and half-year old Shimon Greenberg of Far Rockaway waved his flag as he watched the parade.
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The parade featured several local civic organizations including the Girl Scouts of the Five Towns.
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The Lawrence High School Select Singers, Nyasia Robertson, Katy Miller, Shelby Applebaum,, asha Unger and Katerine Gauthier sang the national anthem.
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Veterans laid a wreath at the park's memorial.
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Rev. Paul Rahilly, of St. Joachim's R.C. Church in Cedarhurst, led the prayer and remembrance of residents who lost their lives on Sept. 11.
The Cedarhurst and Lawrence communities held their annual Memorial Day Parade on May 30.
It began at the Veterans Memorial in Lawrence by Zion Park and proceeded down Central Avenue, then briefly stopped at the Lawrence-Cedarhurst firehouse for a short memorial service. The parade continued to Andrew J. Parise Cedarhurst Park, where a longer ceremony took place that included remembrances of veterans and those locals who lost their lives on Sept. 11
