Vindicator file photo

Vindicator file photo
GETTING READY: Fifty years ago, getting ready for Memorial Day was a formal affair. In this photo that ran May 27, 1956, Clyde Green of Post 2, Disabled American Veterans, kneeling left, and Thomas Caldrone of Post 8841, Veterans of Foreign Wars, place flowers and a flag on a veteran's grave in Calvary Cemetery. Holding the flags are, from left, Regis McQuillin, Post 1292, Catholic War Veterans; Walter Cygan, Post 87, Polish Legion of American Veterans; Ray Mastropietro, Post 3, Italian-American War Veterans, and Anthony Detata, Post 2, DAV.