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Marking Memorial Day, in joy and solemnity

Memorial Day parades and other holiday pageantry take

Memorial Day parades and other holiday pageantry take note of those who served our nation, especially those whose lives were lost. Videojournalists: Newsday staff (May 28, 2012) (May 29, 2012 12:03 AM)

Hundreds of Long Islanders laid their wreaths in Calverton National Cemetery Monday, as thousands more paraded down village streets and packed public squares in ceremonies joyful and solemn to mark Memorial Day.

In Calverton, Navy veteran Bruce Petry, 58, of Shirley, recalled his father, James, a soldier with the occupation forces in Germany during World War II, and his Uncle Harry, who'd...

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