New York remembers the fallen with an act without the shadow of covid-19

New York, May 31 (EFE) .- Veterans, members of the armed forces and authorities gathered this Monday in New York to pay tribute to the fallen Americans, in a relative return to normality in the celebrations of Memorial Day, which a year ago they had to be virtual due to the covid-19 pandemic.
The main event in the Big Apple took place at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, on the banks of the Hudson River, where a wreath was made and a 100-foot-long American flag was unfurled. (30 meters).
“Memorial Day is a day to remember those we lost, those we knew, and those we didn’t. It is also a day to evaluate, remember who we are, why we are called to higher ideals as Americans, “said New York Mayor Bill de Blasio in his speech.
The Democratic politician acknowledged that the pandemic has been a severe blow to the United States and makes this exercise and a commitment to unity even more necessary.
“The pandemic unleashed more on us than we could ever have imagined, but we persevered, all of us, as New Yorkers, as Americans. We find something within ourselves. (…) While we re-unite our nation, let us find that unity that we feel in those moments, fighting the covid shoulder to shoulder and move forward, creating something better, ”he insisted.
Today, with the city in the process of reopening and most restrictions have been lifted, the Memorial Day ceremony once again brought together numerous military personnel and veterans in person on the Intrepid, an aircraft carrier anchored for decades in the Big Apple and turned into a museum.
The event was not the only one, as smaller ones were held around New York to pay tribute to the fallen, including one in Queens in which the popular Democratic congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez intervened.

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