Glen Cove residents have the chance to honor the nation’s war veterans – those who risked their lives to protect freedom – through events on both Sunday, May 25 and Monday, May 27.
The City of Glen Cove Memorial Day Parade Committee – including VFW James Donahue Post 347, American Legion Post 76, American Legion Young-Simmons Post 1765 and the Marine Corps League Globe and Anchor Detachment – has planned a series of tributes.
The weekend will feature decoration of the city’s war monuments, church memorial services and a commemorative parade.
This year’s honoree is Bernard Farnan, a Korean War veteran.
The weekend offers the chance to pause and remember the countless heroes who made the ultimate sacrifice to protect our freedom.
The City of Glen Cove has provided the following Memorial Day Commemoration schedule:
Sunday, May 26
Veterans will decorate the war monuments according to this schedule:
- 1 p.m. at the monument at Ford Street and Forest Avenue
- 1:30 p.m. at the St. Rocco’s monument
- 2 p.m. at the monument on the corner of Elm Avenue and Frost Pond Road
- 3 p.m. The City of Glen Cove’s Annual Memorial Service honoring our nation’s war dead Immediately follows at the First Presbyterian Church in Glen Cove.
Monday, May 27
Memorial Day commemorations begin at 11 a.m. at Monument Park (North Lane and School Street). All are invited to honor the memory of our veterans and salute this year’s honoree Bernard Farnan. The parade begins at noon, stepping off from Cottage Row and Forest Avenue and proceeding down School Street to Glen Street, turning at Pulaski Street and at the arterial highway, passing the reviewing stand at the Glen Cove Library and ending at Charles Street.
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