Tuesday Night: Final Planning Meeting for Brooklyn Memorial Day Parade

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BROOKLYN, NY — The final planning session for this year's Kings County Memorial Day Parade will take place on the evening of Tuesday, May 17.

The meeting will take place at 6:30 p.m. at the Post Chapel (Building 219 on Grimes Road) at the U.S. Army Garrison Fort Hamilton.

The parade is scheduled for May 30 at 11 a.m., and will be lead by the United States Military Academy Band. This will be the parade's 149th year.

Parade organizers are trying to connect with veterans throughout the borough, especially those who served in Iraq and Afghanistan.

If you would like to get in touch with parade organizers, you can call Raymond Aalbue, chairman of the parade committee, at 347-907-9547. Additional contacts are listed here.