Port honors fallen heroes and veterans

Thousands gather for parade, ceremony

BY CAMERYN OAKES

Members embers of the Port Washington American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars decorated the graves of more than 700 soldiers at the Nassau Knolls Sunday with the help of Boy Scouts. On Memorial Day, they gathered again to march through Port Washington to continue honoring the veterans, active military members and soldiers killed in wars.

“We who have served come together today to honor the proud men and women who bravely served before us and never made it home,” American Legion Post 509 Commander Douglas Weston said.

Thousands of residents lined up along Port Washington’s Main Street to watch the Memorial Day Parade on the sunny Monday morning.

The parade featured various local organizations, including the Nassau County Mounted Police, the Schreiber High School Band, the Port Washington Fire Department and various local veterans.

Grand Marshall Martin Kramer, a World War II Marine Corps veteran, led the parade as he rode in a convertible Mustang and waived his American flag.

The parade, which started on Campus Drive and continued down

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