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A 34-unit parade marched 1 mile between the City Market to the city’s perspective veteran monument site at 3300 Pine Avenue (near the intersection of Hyde Park and Pine Avenue).
Niagara University alumnae and Gulf War veteran Lt. Colonel Joel D’Aloise was the keynote speaker. All five armed services (Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force and Coast Guard) had units in the parade, with a special appearance this year by the Iroquois Veterans Association Color Guard.
Order of March Memorial Day Parade 2011
1. Niagara Falls Police Department – Color guard and cars
2. Niagara Falls Fire Department – Color guard and trucks
3. United States Navy - Color Guard
4. Niagara County Sheriff’s Office Mounted Division
5. Niagara County Sheriff’s Color Guard
6. United States Border Patrol
7. Niagara Falls state, county and city representatives
8. Niagara Falls Boys & Girls Clubs Marching Unit
9. Cristoforo Colombo Society float
10. U.S. Army 865th Combat Support Hospital Alpha Company vehicles
11. WR Buffalo Corps of Cadets 174th Regiment – Color guard and marching unit
12. USMC India Company 3rd Battalion 25th Marines - Color guard
13. Gold Star Wife Beth World and children. Husband Sgt Frank World USMC KIA AFGANASTAN
14. VFW Post 54 Convertible (will carry U.S. Army Lt. Colonel Joel D’Aloise, Dave Fabrizio, Navy Captain. La Rocco & Eagle Scout Justin LaDuca)
15. 2nd Lt. John Paul Bobo Detachment 1118 – Color guard
16. Western New York Young Marines - Color guard marching unit
17. Kiwanis Club of Niagara Falls – Marching unit
18. USAF Reserve 914th Air Lift Wing – Color guard
19. American Legion John J. Welch Post 381- Color guard
20. Town of Niagara Lions Club float
21. Niagara Sikh Association Color Guard – Vehicle and marching unit
22. Hyde Park Business Association – Marching unit
23. 49th N.Y. Volunteers Reenactment Association – Color guard
24. Niagara Falls High School Band
25. United States Coast Guard – Color guard
26. Iroquois Veterans Association – Color guard
27. Civil Air Patrol – Color guard
28. Military Order of the Purple Heart Lt. John Paul Bobo Chapter 264 – Color guard
29. Niagara Youth Marine Cadets- Color guard and marching unit
30. American Legion Fredrick F. Cadille Post 1664 (ALFFCP 1664)
31. ALFFCP 16643rd Regiment Core of Cadets – Color guard marching unit
32. Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center – Marching unit
33. Conrad Kania Chesty Puller Train float
34. Antique cars
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Maribeo Rivera marches with the West Region Marine Core Cadets during the Niagara Falls Memorial Day parade down Pine Avenue on Saturday. By Scott Schild
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Joey Krebs, 8, of Niagara Falls enjoys the Niagara Falls Memorial Day parade down Pine Avenue on Saturday. By Scott Schild
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Civil War Re-enactors with New York 49th Infantry Regiment march in the Niagara Falls Memorial Day parade down Pine Avenue on Saturday. By Scott Schild
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Korean War veteran Teeker Poulos, left, and Tony Quaranto of Niagara Falls show respect to marchers in the Niagara Falls Memorial Day Parade, Saturday down Pine Avenue. By Scott Schild
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