{"id":1315,"date":"2014-05-23T20:01:04","date_gmt":"2014-05-23T20:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/piqueoftheweek.wordpress.com\/?p=1315"},"modified":"2014-05-23T20:01:04","modified_gmt":"2014-05-23T20:01:04","slug":"memorial-day-parade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kplma.org\/pique\/2014\/05\/23\/memorial-day-parade\/","title":{"rendered":"Memorial Day parade"},"content":{"rendered":"

Another Memorial Day is upon us. \u00a0Here are a few photos from the Local History Room collections which\u00a0provide a glimpse of one of Kingston’s Memorial Day parades sometime before 1961.*<\/p>\n

\"Sailors<\/a>
Sailors from the U.S.S. Des Moines march on Main Street<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Majorettes<\/a>
Majorettes on Main Street<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Solemn<\/a>
Solemn moment on the Training Green<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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*This date is based on a flag carried by the color guard, which reads “U.S.S. Des Moines.” This heavy cruiser<\/a> was launched in 1946 and decommissioned in 1961.<\/p>\n

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Source:\u00a0LHR General Image Collection IC7<\/em><\/p>\n

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For more, visit the\u00a0Kingston Public Library<\/a>, and the\u00a0Local History Room<\/a>, and the full blog at\u00a0piqueoftheweek.wordpress.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Another Memorial Day is upon us. \u00a0Here are a few photos from the Local History Room collections which\u00a0provide a glimpse of one of Kingston’s Memorial Day parades sometime before 1961.*   *This date is based on a flag carried by the color guard, which reads “U.S.S. Des Moines.” This heavy cruiser was launched in 1946 … <\/p>\n

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