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Leon Mosher stands in silhouette and plays “Taps” during the Memorial Day ceremony in Schenectady’s Veterans Park on May 30, 1962.
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Memorial Days of '62 and '69
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Posted: May 29, 2012
Alice Colozze remembered.
Leon Mosher did too. So did thousands of other people in Schenectady County.
It was late May in 1962. Colozze, who lived on Nott Street, decorated the graves at her family plot at St. Anthony’s cemetery in Glenville. An American flag stood over the grave of her son, Donald C. Colozze, who died in 1931 at the age of 19. Donald Colozze had served in the U.S. Navy as a torpedo man.
Alice was not alone. Other people made sure fresh flowers and red, white and blue banners decorated graves for Memorial Day.
On Wednesday, May 30, services were held in several places. People gathered at the war memorial in front of Rotterdam Town Hall, at Vale Cemetery and at Veterans Park in Schenectady.
In 1969, Memorial Day was observed in Scotia with a parade up Mohawk Avenue. Firefighters, musicians, and minor celebrities — including “Miss Hope” from the Schenectady County chapter of the American Cancer Society — helped put kids and adults along the village’s main street in a festive mood.
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