Enjoy this gallery of 2018 parade photos. Click to enlarge. Photos by various artists
RAIN OR SHINE SINCE 1927
WE STEP OFF AT 2 PM
We hope you will join us on
MONDAY MAY 27, 2019
"What so Proudly We Hail"
Our 92nd Annual parade observes the 205th birthday of the poem that became The Star Spangled Banner, our national anthem
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75 years since D-Day, the invasion of Europe that defeated Nazism, and the invasion of the first Japanese home island, Saipan, in the Pacific.
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We also commemorate 50 years since 1969, when peace talks started in Paris
only days before the bloodiest week of the Vietnam War
Our featured branch of service is the United States Merchant Marine
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underpinning our defense since the founding of our nation.
Thanks to our volunteers, sponsors and donors who made this day a success
and especially
THANK YOU VETERANS FOR MAKING THIS DAY POSSIBLE
The 2018 Little Neck Douglaston Memorial Day Parade
Was the first to be live-streamed online.
The line of march - units arrive about -1:45:00
Opening Ceremony - Tom Carty, MC
The assembly area E "press gaggle" with the Governor
Run from head of parade to the Review Stand
The scene in the schoolyard -- we feed the multitude
Closing remarks and Voices for Veterans concert
THE 2018 LINE OF MARCH, SUBJECT TO CORRECTION
PREPARADE PRESS REPORTS
See what Fox News has to say about our parade
CBS TV previews our parade
Read about our parade on Time Out New York
Read about our parade on Curbed New York
Click to see the latest parade story on Bayside Patch
Click to see the parade story in this week's (May 24) Queens Chronicle
Click to see the parade story in this week's (May 24) Queens Tribune
Click to see the parade story in this week's (May 24) Queens Courier
Click to see our full-page ad in this week's (May 24) Queens Courier
Our Art & Essay/Poetry Contest Awards Night is Friday May 25 at 7 p.m.
Click Here for more information.
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DON'T MISS THE POST-PARADE FESTIVITIES IN DIVINE WISDOM ACADEMY SCHOOLYARD - STARTS AS THE FIRST MARCHING GROUPS ENTER!
Free refreshments before the closing ceremonies
(we reserve the right to limit quantities to the general public)
AND A FREE CONCERT FEATURING -- VOICES FOR VETERANS BAND!
JOIN THE TEAM AND VOLUNTEER FOR A PARADE DAY CREW. WE NEED HELP WITH SET UP AND BREAKDOWN, HOSPITALITY AND TRANSPORT.
THE PARADE COMMITTEE WILL MEET EVERY WEDNESDAY AT 7 PM THROUGH MAY 30TH AT
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COMMUNITY CHURCH OF LITTLE NECK
46-16 LITTLE NECK PARKWAY, LITTLE NECK, NY 11362
Your support of this parade, as well as our Golf Outing & Dinner, Art & Essay Contest
and fundraisers makes the parade and our other civic and charitable programs possible.
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Or mail your donation to us at
251-25 42nd Ave.
Little Neck, NY 11363-1743
OR
242-17 Church Street
Suite 1 East
Douglaston, NY 11363-1836
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718-279-3200
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