Memorial Day Parade seeks younger veterans for big march
Where are the young guys? The committee organizing the 146th Annual Brooklyn Memorial Day Parade is asking that question as preparations for the big march are being finalized. The parade is set to take place in Bay Ridge on Monday, and the committee wants younger veterans to march.
Prisco DeAngelis, president of the United Military Veterans of Kings County, and a Purple Heart recipient, said he’d like to see younger war veterans participate in the parade alongside their older comrades. “I’ve been marching in this parade for over 50 years. Our ranks get smaller every year as we lose a few more of our comrades who fought in Korea and World War II. Our Vietnam Veterans are getting older as well. We need to get our younger veterans to come out and march,” DeAngelis, a Korean War veteran, said.
Veterans do not have to belong to a veteran’s organization to march, Parade Chairman Ray Aalbue said. He urged anyone interested in marching to call Anthony Giovinco, the parade’s chief of staff, at 917-664-8850.