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Oneonta Police Officer Sara Lottridge seen marching alongside a riderless horse in honor of Christopher Robert Eramo. (Photo by Joel J. Plue)

Oneonta Community Comes Out in Force To Honor One of Its Own

By JOEL J PLUE
ONEONTA

On Memorial Day, May 29, Oneontans gathered outside Foothills Performing Arts and Civic Center at 9 a.m. for a parade in honor of our nation’s heroes and local fallen soldier Chief Warrant Officer 3 Christopher Robert Eramo. Hundreds of enthusiastic community members, businesses, military personnel, local clubs, and politicians cheered and applauded as the parade progressed from Foothills to Main Street and, eventually, to Neahwa Park for the ceremony at 11.

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