Members of the Sloatsburg Volunteer Fire Department lead the 2016 Memorial Day Parade. The SFD held its first official meeting on November 27, 1923, at the Henry Club which still stands on Route 17 and was once a thriving community gathering place for dances and other entertainment.

While other village Memorial Day celebrations and parades across the Hudson Valley were cancelled due to early morning threatening weather, Sloatsburg carried on with its scheduled program — to the delight of many.

Members of Sloatsburg American Legion Post 1643 salute at the veterans memorial while Peter Head played Taps on the bugle.

Without the thump of the Suffern Marching Band drums that traditionally leads the way, the parade wound its way from Village Hall down Route 17 and featured the solitary pipes of Frank Armstrong, uniformed members of the Sloatsburg Volunteer Fire Department, Village officials, members of Sloatsburg American Legion Post 1643, and a good gathering of Sloatsburg residents.

The Sloatsburg Memorial Day Parade Grand Marshal car featured Sloatsburg WWII veterans Historian Harrison Bush and Robert Wagonhoffer.

The annual Memorial Day Parade also featured local Boy and Girl Scouts and the Grand Marshal car with Sloatsburg WWII veterans Village Historian Harrison Bush and fellow former soldier Robert Wagonhoffer.

Members of Sloatsburg American Legion Post 1643 salute at the veterans memorial as Taps is played at the Sloatsburg Public Library during Monday’s 2016 Memorial Day services. (Video by Geoff Welch)

The Sloatsburg Memorial Day Grand Marshal Car passes along Route 17 with WWII veterans Village Historian Harrison Bush and fellow former soldier Robert Wagonhoffer — Frank Armstrong plays pipes along the route. (Video by Geoff Welch)