Another Memorial Day is upon us. Here are a few photos from the Local History Room collections which provide a glimpse of one of Kingston’s Memorial Day parades sometime before 1961.*
![Sailors from the U.S.S. Des Moines march on Main Street](https://www.kplma.org/pique/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/eve-12-0008-lhr-b.jpg)
![Majorettes on Main Street](https://www.kplma.org/pique/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/eve-12-0009-lhr.jpg)
![Solemn moment on the Training Green](https://www.kplma.org/pique/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/eve-12-0011-lhr.jpg)
*This date is based on a flag carried by the color guard, which reads “U.S.S. Des Moines.” This heavy cruiser was launched in 1946 and decommissioned in 1961.
Source: LHR General Image Collection IC7
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