Bay Ridge Memorial Day Motorcade
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For 2022, the Memorial Day Parade is Monday, May 30th at 11:00 am. The parade begins on 3rd Avenue and 78th Street and heads towards Marine Avenue.
While I knew there technically wasn’t supposed to be a parade, I also knew Bay Ridge would not disappoint the Veteran’s. See the video here
At the start of the parade, you could hear the motorcycles and police sirens from far away.
Everyone on the street cheered for the bikers (that’s why they are smiling).
We went down to the Avenue to make some noise for the Veteran’s. Lee took these pictures because I LOVE old cars and didn’t want to view them through a phone.
Bob Cassarra and Heidi Chan are in the car below. They are running for Republican District Leaders of Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights…..Remember to Vote!
This car was so spirited and they were waving flags!
People cheered for these guys! Even if a parade wasn’t allowed, they could have closed the streets for an hour.
There were about 50 regular cars after these special cars driven by Ridgites – some were decorated with flags.
The long motorcade shows Ridgites know it’s an important day to remember the heroes who fought for our country.
This giant truck blew his horn repeatedly and loved being part of the motorcade.
Politicians we saw:
1) Congresswoman Malliotakis (see here and here). Malliotakis returned to Staten Island and took photos at the SI parade (See here)
2) Assemblywoman Mathylde Frontus was serving people in Coney Island in the morning (story coming) and managed to show up for the Veteran’s as well. (See here)
3) Assemblyman Mike Tannousis – pics: here He also went to walk in the Staten Island parade – pics
4) Fran Vella-Marrone – Brooklyn Conservative Party Leader
5) Councilman Brannan or Senator Gounardes – we didn’t see them in the motorcade, but they were at the park ceremony – see here
It also brought these politicians who are hoping to win seats:
1) Brian Fox, Brannan’s opponent was in the motorcade with a bright smile. He shared this photo:
2) Curtis Sliwa was seen on 3rd. (See here)
3) Katherine Garcia was at the ceremony. (See here)
4) Joanne Simon who is running for Bklyn Borough President
Some very patriotic people walked in the street with flags – people clapped and cheered for them! Later, I heard they walked the whole parade route!
Thank you to all who took the time to set this up and remember all the heroes who served this country. It was really nice to see this young man on 3rd Avenue.
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Hugs,
marlene
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