Eastwood Memorial Day Parade May 27, 2024
Parade starts at 9:00 AM at the corner of Nichols and James Street and ends at Greenway Veterans' Memorial Park (2309 James St) with a Veterans' Memorial Ceremony. Bring your lawn chairs and set up anywhere along James Street to enjoy the parade!
If your group wants to drive or march in the parade, please complete this form:
We also need volunteers to help manage traffic.
The Eastwood American Legion Post 1276 has been hosting the Eastwood Memorial Day Parade since the 1950s.
Photos below from “Did You Know? A History and Memories of Eastwood, New York, Book 1” by Margaret McVicker, 2010.
2023 was the first year the parade was jointly presented by the Legion and ENA and we had a great turnout - we distributed 450 flags to parade spectators! Memorial Day 2023 was the 75th anniversary of the dedication of the monument in Greenway Veterans’ Memorial Park, which was initially funded by the Eastwood American Legion Post 1276 and the Eastwood Lions Club, and all were happy to see the parade return after a three-year hiatus. Check out photos of the festivities below and more here.
We reached our $1,500 goal to support the 2023 Eastwood Memorial Day Parade! Thank you to the following donors:
Friends of Jimmy Monto
Bob Andrews
Katelyn Wright & Tim Gottschall
Mars Jewelry
Martha Maywalt
TJ & Meghan Vitale
Friends of Jennifer Schultz
Celeste Moore (Paine Branch Library)
Mary Burnash
Alex Tyler
Linda Woodrow
Dorothy Dermott
Nora Spillane
Margaret DeLorenzo
Katherine Hancock
Janice Cheng-McConnell
Sue Straub
Karen Schroeder
Julie Tillotson
Melissa Faley
Pat Gottschall
David Haas
James Mitchell
Amy Rood
Michael T Russo
Susan Pietrantoni
