The fourth annual Queens Veterans Day Parade drew hundreds of people to Middle Village Sunday afternoon, when everyone from those who served in World War II to elementary school students marched down Metropolitan Avenue to honor the country’s bravest.
The parade’s grand marshals were Springfield Gardens resident Julius Freeman, World War II veteran and original Tuskegee Airman assigned to the 332nd Fighter Group in France and Germany, and Glendale resident Daniel Wisotsky, who retired from the U.S. Marine Corps in 2001 after 22 years of service and is a veteran of Operation Desert Storm.
Numerous area veterans’ groups, civic organizations, businesses, schools, and girl and boy scout troops, and legislators, among others, participated in the parade, which ran along Metropolitan Avenue from 80th Street to Christ the King Regional High School. A commemorative ceremony honoring the veterans was held at the high school after the parade concluded.
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