Bronxville Memorial Day Parade for 2021 is Cancelled
By Mary Marvin, Mayor of Bronxville
Apr. 21, 2021: Regrettably, Bronxville joins other communities in having to cancel our Memorial Day parade. We made the decision after careful consideration but the following factors did influence our decision making:
-The vulnerability of COVID to our Veterans, the group we want to honor front and center.
-The fact that many groups that provided the entertainment in our parade are not doing events like these this year.
-Logistically, some of the bands needed to be booked months in advance and of course, that was a non-starter.
-The impossibility of properly controlling the number of people who view the parade and proper spacing of the audience.
-Steady Village Covid numbers that are still quite significant.
The parade also would have been the 100th parade for Bronxville and our hope was to have it large and special with every Village organization involved if they so desired. However, due to the lingering effects of COVID-19, none of our groups could put together special entertainment or commemorations.
God willing, we will be back next year with a very special 100th anniversary parade with Vicki and Si Ford coming in from St. Paul to act as our Grand Marshals. We will of course honor our Veterans in an appropriate way with particular emphasis on the Veterans that we have lost since last Memorial Day.
Photo by A. Warner
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