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Vets say they’ll march on Memorial Day, permit or not, but hope to do it ‘the right way’
Updated May 10, 2021;
Posted May 10, 2021
The Vietnam Veterans of American march at the Memorial Day Parade on Forest Avenue on Sunday, May 26, 2019. (Staten Island Advance/Shira Stoll)
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. Staten Island’s veterans and their supporters intend to march on Memorial Day whether or not they receive a permit.
U.S. Army veteran Lee Covino and U.S. Air Force veteran Ted Cohen said during a press conference at Hero Park in Tompkinsville that they’d prefer to proceed with a permit that the city’s already denied, but that local veterans organizations intend to march no matter what. ....

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