Nation’s oldest Memorial Day Parade celebrates 150th milestone

See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn PaperBrooklynites from all corners of the borough jammed Third Avenue in Bay Ridge during a driving rainstorm on May 29 for the 150th anniversary of the nation’s oldest Memorial Day parade.Thousands marched up the avenue from 77th Street in the Kings County Memorial Day Parade — a prolific procession that included seven floats, 18 bands, and more than 100 different groups — to salute those who died serving their co