Memorial Day 2022 Around Nyack, Piermont

NYACK, NY — Ceremonies and parades have resumed around Piermont and the Nyacks for 2022.

Saturday, May 28

Congers: The Veterans Memorial Association of Congers Inc. sponsors the Congers Memorial Parade. Parade starts at 10:30 am at Congers/Valley Cottage Volunteer Ambulance Corps. A Memorial Service follows at the VMA Building.

Sunday, May 29

Countywide: Watchfires for the troops will be lit at 11:30 pm ceremony and burn for 24 hours at four locations in Rockland. Bowline Point Park in Haverstraw; Eugene Levy Memorial Park on Route 45 in Ramapo; east end of Piermont Pier; and top of Clausland Mountain Park in Orangeburg. Watchfires are sponsored by Vietnam Veterans of America No. 333.

Memorial Day, Monday, May 30

Piermont: Piermont Engine Hose Co#1 – Parade starts at 10:00 am in front of VFW Post 7452 of Piermont to Kennedy Park for a Memorial Day Ceremony.

West Nyack

• Memorial Day parade starts 11:00 am., Strawtown Road, from Clarkstown reformed Church to West Nyack Hamlet Green. Hosted by West Nyack/Nanuet Rotary.
• Buffalo Soldiers and Friends of Mount Moor Cemetery Memorial Day Service at Mount Moor Cemetery, Palisades Mall 11:00 am.

Nyack

• VFW 9215 & Post310, at Nyack, Civil War Monument area Memorial Day ceremony.
• Nyack Memorial Day parade kicks off at 11:00 am. Parade route Main Street from Franklin Avenue to Broadway and turns onto Depew Avenue entering Memorial Park. Ceremony to follow at the base of World War I / World War II Monument at lower-level park.

SEE: Memorial Day 2022: 27 Events Across Rockland County