MEMORIAL DAY 2024


 
On Monday May 27, 2024, Levittown, New York will hold its annual Memorial Day Parade followed by a Remembrance Ceremony.
 
THE LARGEST MEMORIAL DAY PARADE ON LONG ISLAND

The parade will begin at 10 A.M. SHARP! from in front of Island Trees Middle School located at Wantagh Ave. and Hempstead Turnpike. All participants will line up on Wantagh Ave.

The parade will make a left turn onto Hempstead Turnpike from Wantagh Ave. and continue west on Hempstead Turnpike for approximately 2 miles to Shelter Lane.
At Hempstead Turnpike and Shelter Lane, the parade will turn left onto Shelter Lane and continue south pass the reviewing stand located across from Levittown Veterans Memorial Park. 
 
PARTICIPANTS
 
Participants in the Parade will include, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9592, American Legion Post 1711, Museum of American Armor, Levittown School District, Island Trees School District, Levittown Fire Department, Wantagh-Levittown Volunteer Ambulance Corps, Levittown Community Council, Levittown Chamber of Commerce, St. Bernards Roman Catholic Church and other government, civic and community organizations.
 
REMEMBRANCE CEREMONY

Upon completion of the parade, Levittown will hold a Remembrance Ceremony at Veterans Memorial Park which will include, the National Anthem, remarks by the Commanders of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9592, American Legion Post 1711 and local officials, the presentation of the Memorial Wreaths, Raising of the American Flag, a Rifle Salute and finally the playing of Taps.

VFW POST 9592 and AMERICAN LEGION POST 1711 encourages all parade participants and spectators to remain after the parade for the Remembrance Ceremony as Levittown honors those American servicemembers who made the ultimate sacrifice in defense of freedom and liberty. They invite you to take time to visit the monuments in the park that pay tribute to those who gave their lives in the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Cold War and the Global War on Terror.  - Operation Iraqi Freedom.
 
PLEASE TAKE TIME TO REMEMBER
ALL THOSE WHO HAVE MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE WHILE SERVING OUR COUNTRY IN THE U.S. ARMED FORCES

REMEMBER, ESPECIALLY, OUR LEVITTOWN AND ISLAND TREES FRIENDS. NEIGHBORS OR CLASSMATES WHO PAID THE ULTIMATE PRICE FOR OUR FREEDOM AND LIBERTY
 
KOREA
JOSEPH WILLIAM SULLIVAN, ARMY, SILVER STAR, KIA-1950 * JOHN A MACIAG, ARMY, KIA-1951 * WILLIAM ROYAL FISHER, AIR FORCE, WWII VETERAN, DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS, KIA-1952 * CHARLES MICKEY BURTON, ARMY, SILVER STAR & BRONZE STAR, KIA-1952
 
VIETNAM / VIETNAM ERA
JAMES RAYMOND O'NEILL, AIR FORCE, HICKSVILLE H.S., WWII AND KOREA VETERAN, KIA-1963 * WILLIAM L. TERRY, ARMY, ISLAND TREES H.S., DIED-1964 * THOMAS ANDREW SANDERS, AIR FORCE, MEMORIAL H.S., DIED-1965 * MICKY JAMES JOHNS, USMC, DIVISION AVE H.S., KIA-1966 * ROBERT JOHN GUNSTONE, NAVY, MEMORIAL H.S., DIED-1966 * STEPHEN EDWARD KAROPCZYC, ARMY, CHAMINADE H.S., CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR, KIA-1967 * ROBERT BENJAMIN SANZONE, ARMY, MEMORIAL H.S., DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS, KIA-1967 * EDWARD THEODORE MURPHY, USMC, DIVISION AVE H.S., SILVER STAR, KIA-1967 * SALVATORE FRANK POLIZZI, ARMY, GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR H.S., KIA-1967 * JOHN J. FERRARA, NAVY, DIVISION AVE H.S., DIED-1967 * CHARLES EDWARD MOLANO, ARMY, CHAMINADE H.S., BRONZE STAR, KIA-1967 * DONALD WALTER HOLLENBACH, ARMY, HICKSVILLE H.S., KIA-1967 * GARY DENNIS FERNANDEZ, ARMY, DIVISION AVE H.S., BRONZE STAR, KIA-1968 * TERENCE PATRICK JORDAN, USMC, GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR H.S., KIA-1968 * KERRY RICHARD FROST GEDDES, ARMY, MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL, KIA-1968 * STEVEN RICHARD ANDERSON, ARMY, ISLAND TREES H.S., SILVER STAR, KIA-1968 * STEPHEN FRANK PALAZZOLA, ARMY, DIVISION AVE H.S., KIA-1968 * GERALD COHEN, ARMY, ISLAND TREES H.S., KIA-1968 * KELLUM WARREN GRANT, ARMY, DIVISION AVE H.S., KIA-1968 * ADAM DYCKMAN KNECHT, ARMY, MEMORIAL H.S., KIA-1968 * PATRICK JAMES MURPHY, USMC, ST. PIUS X H.S., KIA-1968 * KENNETH JOHNSON, ARMY, HICKSVILLE H.S., DIED-1968 * WAYNE STEPHENS CRANDALL, ARMY, ISLAND TREES H.S., KIA-1968 * ROBERT GUSTAVE SCHMIDT, USMC, MEMORIAL H.S., KIA-1969 * JOHN FRANCIS KITSON, USMC, GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR H.S., KIA-1969 * DANIEL WILLIAM MCGRATH, ARMY, ISLAND TREES H.S., KIA-1969 * RONALD ARTHUR KLINGMAN, USMC, ISLAND TREES H.S., KIA-1969 * ROBERT ABBOTT WOOD, ARMY, ISLAND TREES H.S., KIA-1970 * RAYMOND STEPHEN INSLEE, ARMY, DIVISION AVE H.S., BRONZE STAR, KIA-1970 * RICHARD ALAN PATTERSON, ARMY, ISLAND TREES H.S., BRONZE STAR, KIA-1970 * ROBERT EMMET CAIN, ARMY, DIVISION AVE H.S., SILVER STAR & BRONZE STAR, KIA-1970 * EDWARD FRANCIS GLENN JR., ARMY, GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR H.S., BRONZE STAR, KIA-1970 * WILLIAM JOHN HAMMER, ARMY, DIVISION AVE H.S., KIA-1971 * KEVIN MURPHY, ARMY, ISLAND TREES H.S., DIED-1971 * WILLIAM FREDERICK HENAGHAN, ARMY, ISLAND TREES H.S., BRONZE STAR, KIA-1972
 
COLD WAR
PETER EDWARD BOPP, NAVY, DIVISION AVE H.S., DIED-1989
 
GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM
OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM
DANIEL A. FUENTES, ARMY, ISLAND TREES H.S., BRONZE STAR, KIA-2007

"When you go home * Tell them of us, and say * For your tomorrow * We gave our today"