The Woodside neighborhood remembers those that fell on the Normandy Landings

From Gardens Boulevard in Queens, the neighborhood celebrated Memorial Day, or Remembrance Day in English, with the honest goal of honoring the reminiscence of the women and men who misplaced their lives, serving our nation .

This was the 67th Memorial Day led and arranged by the American Legion Submit 1836 and plenty of households, struggle veterans, lively members of the navy and elected officers have been current.

Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez spoke just a few phrases to these current.

“At the present time is essential for our households and our neighborhood in New York and likewise throughout the nation. However at present particularly, the households of the households of those that died are in our ideas and likewise in our hearts and prayers,” mentioned Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

On this event, they honored the eightieth anniversary of D-Day, the navy assault that occurred throughout World Struggle II on June 6, 1944, on the seashores of Normandy, which was occupied by Germany. On that date, 4,400 Allied troopers misplaced their lives.

Throughout the assembly, they mentioned the significance of providing psychological and bodily well being companies in addition to ample housing for struggle veterans.

“They should be served by New York State as nicely and to have the ability to stay independently with out limitations and get the psychological well being care they want,” mentioned Assemblywoman Jessica González -Rojas,

“There are large sacrifices that households of all generations throughout the nation take care of, and that is what it means to go to struggle and are available residence. And if our households have entry to the issues they should be protected and wholesome, who deserves it greater than the individuals who went to struggle within the identify of our freedom,’ mentioned the Councilwoman Tiffany.

For her half, Shannara Rivera, of Puerto Rican origin, instructed us that each of her grandfathers fought within the Korean Struggle.

Shannara Rivera, a member of the neighborhood additionally spoke about what she feels at present:

“I really feel fairly proud. You should be proud to be so. In case your grandfather is combating, cease there, for the sake of the People. I needed her to study that this stuff are additionally only a Memorial Day for the barbequebut in addition to recollect the individuals who fought for us,” he mentioned.

And his daughter, Naiara, who’s 7 years previous, participated in her faculty choir PS 151 singing the well-known music This Land is Your Land, or This Land is Yours.

Naiara Díaz, PS 151 pupil

“It makes me really feel very proud,” she mentioned.

-Why?

“As a result of I have been working with my music trainer and I have been studying the music in Spanish, and it’s extremely troublesome as a result of I do not converse a lot Spanish,” he mentioned.

In accordance with the American Legion Submit 1836, Queens County has the most important variety of veterans in your entire metropolis.

And this was certainly one of many memorials New Yorkers had in honor of the women and men, lots of them from our Latino neighborhood, who’ve served and proceed to serve our nation.

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