Funeral Procession on 9th Street

or it might have been this memorial procession held last sunday which headed to barbes down 9th st:

As many of you already know, our dear friend and colleague drummer Take Toriyama tragically died over Memorial Day weekend. There will be a march in his honor with members of Slavic Soul Party and other musicians leaving from Prospect Park this Sunday at 1pm and arriving at Barbès shortly thereafter for an informal gathering in his memory. We hope that his many friends and the many musicians he worked with will be able to attend. His parents and brother will be present. There will be a collection pot for private anonymous contributions that will help his family cover the expenses of their trip from Japan and of the funeral arrangements.

We will gather, this Sunday at 1pm, at 9th st and Prospect Park West (parkside) and then proceed to barbès.

So that's what it was. I saw it on the way to work and wondered who was being buried. People were starting to gather, including a van with volunteers from an organization that attends veterans' funerals. Everyone was very quiet and I saw quite a few flags. Got a real lump in my throat.

Well let us not use that word . This young man who was killed was a fallen soldier. I am not sure what the OP noticed on Sunday afternoon. But if there was any action near Duffy's on Sat or Sun or Mon Morning it had to do with the wake and the funeral for this young soldier and not Take.

May they both rest in peace.

ok.. so probably what the OP saw and was moved by did have to do with Take. I am sorry I didn't know about that.. would have participated but we will all remember him in our own way.