Twenty CCIP (www.fusia.net) students participated in the Little Neck-Douglaston Memorial Day Parade for the third year . This year, CCIP exchange visitors marched with NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer and local citizens to acknowledge veterans and fallen US heroes.

Held annually since 1927, the Little Neck-Douglaston Memorial Day Parade is the largest of its kind in the nation. This year marks the parade’s 91st anniversary.

At 1 pm sharp, the students marched along with parade groups starting at the firehouse at Jayson Avenue and Northern Blvd and ending with a wreath-laying ceremony.

Shannon Tsui is a coordinator of this activity. Shannon, who is herself a US legal permanent resident, grew up in Hong Kong and is studying at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. “It is moving to march in a parade with veterans and celebrate those who made great sacrifices. Doing so makes me value peace even more."

"The music and crowds were very stirring,” said Kelly Cheung, another activity leader from the Hong Kong University of Science & Technology.