This year marks the 100th anniversary of the signing of the armistice officially marking the
cessation of hostilities during World War I between the Allied forces and Germany. It is also the 99th anniversary of the creation of Armistice/Veterans Day. Great Neck will mark the day, Sunday, Nov. 11, with a parade up Middle Neck Road.
The parade will step off from the Alert Fire Company firehouse, 555 Middle Neck Road, at 10:45 a.m. Led by a formal color guard, members of the Alert, Vigilant and Manhasset-Lakeville fire companies, member of local Veterans of Wars Post 372 and American Legion Post 160, local elected officials and commissioners as well as members of Great Neck boy scouts and cub scouts and girl scout and brownie troops, will march to the Village Green.
Well-wishers are encouraged to watch along the parade route and attend the brief ceremony and laying of wreaths at the Wall of Remembrance at the Village Green.
Parade Commander Louise McCann, commander of Charles A. Fowler American Legion Post
#160, will start the ceremony promptly at 11 a.m at the Village Green.
She reminds us that “we observe one or more moments of silence as a sign of respect for the more than 20 million people who died in World War I, both military and civilian. We also remember the wives, children, families and friends who were left behind at home while those who served protected our great freedoms”.
For further information, please contact GNPARADES@gmail.com
