ALBANY — Lee Kindlon has a message for you: Albany’s Veterans Day Parade is alive and will go on as planned next month.
I suppose it might seem as though the county’s district attorney is stating the obvious. Of course, the Nov. 11 parade will go on. Right?
Well, sure. Except that the city’s Memorial Day Parade was canceled last spring due to bad weather, and given the city’s dire financial situation, some might wonder if Albany can afford to host its big traditional events.
And let’s be honest: Crowds at the city’s Veterans Day parades have thinned, and its organizers aren’t getting younger. So you might suspect the tradition is fading, that the parades might wither away, that Albany might, once again, lose a defining function…