Brooklyn Memorial Day Parade is nation’s oldest
The oldest continuously run Memorial Day Parade in the nation takes place right here in Brooklyn each year.
The tradition will continue this year.
Gold Star mothers who lost their children in war will serve as the grand marshals for 147th Annual Kings County Memorial Day Parade to take place in Bay Ridge on Memorial Day, Monday, May 26.
The parade, which is hosted by the United Military Veterans of Kings County, will begin at 11 a.m. on Third Avenue and 87th Street. The route runs along Third Avenue to 89th Street and then up 89th Street to Fourth Avenue and along Fourth Avenue to John Paul Jones Park on 101st Street, where a post-parade ceremony will take place. The park is located next door to the U.S. Army Garrison at Fort Hamilton.