Monday, May 26, marks Memorial Day for 2025.
Below are some of the biggest events
and
ceremonies honoring our fallen service members
Across the North and South Forks.
Southold: On Friday, May 23, the Griswold-Terry-Glover Post 803 Southold American Legion Auxiliary will hold a ‘Pop Over for a Poppy’ curbside distribution in observance of Memorial Day. Those interested in picking up a poppy can stop by the Legion Hall, 51655 Main Road, Southold, between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m.
Members of Post 803 will also line up for Southold Town’s annual Memorial Day Parade Monday, May 26, from 10 a.m. to noon. The parade will start at Boisseau Avenue and Hobart Road and march from there to Tuckers Lane along Route 25. All are welcome to join in the commemoration. For more information, visit southoldtownny.gov
Greenport
On Monday, May 26, starting at 8 a.m., the Village of Greenport will hold a parade consisting mainly of Greenport American Legion and community members. The parade route begins on Adams Street and marches toward the IGA, before turning onto Third Street and continuing on to the East End Seaport Museum and Marine Foundation.
Orient
On Monday, May 26, from the bright and early 7 to 9 a.m., the Orient Fire Department will hold its Memorial Day parade. The march starts at the firehouse, 23300 Main Road, continues down Tabor Road to Orchard Street, then on to Navy Street and Village Lane, before taking Main Road back to the starting point. For more information, visit southoldtownny.gov.
Calverton
On Friday, May 24, starting at 9:30 a.m., the support committee for Calverton National Cemetery will hold a graveside flag placement event in preparation for Memorial Day. While registration for this event has already closed, the flags will wave proudly until Friday, May 31, for all who visit the cemetery to see. For more information, please visit calvertonsupport.com.
Calverton’s annual Memorial Day commemoration ceremony will be held at Calverton National Cemetery Monday, May 28, from 1 to 2 p.m. This event is one of the more than 130 cemetery commemoration ceremonies happening nationally this Memorial Day weekend, hosted by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. For more information, go to va.gov.
Riverhead
Rain or shine, the Riverhead Combined Veterans Committee will hold its annual Memorial Day ceremonies and parade on Monday, May 26. The parade will step off from Osborn Avenue at Pulaski Street at 9 a.m., before continuing south down Osborn to the World War I monument on the corner of Court and West Main streets. Once there, Memorial Day commemorative ceremonies will be held on the lawn. The parade will then proceed along Main Street to East Avenue, north to St. John’s Cemetery, and then farther north on Roanoke Avenue to Pulaski Street for a stop at Riverhead Cemetery. The final destination of this year’s parade will be the War Memorial on the lawn of Pulaski Street School.
- The Wading River Cemetery will host its annual Veterans Recognition Service on Saturday, May 25th at 9 a.m. The auxiliary Girls State Citizen will recite "In Flanders Fields" as part of the parade, and the Sag Harbor Fire Department will place wreaths and play taps at each War Memorial.
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HAMPTON BAYS
The annual Memorial Day ceremony takes place Monday, May 26 at 10 a.m. at the Veterans' Monument at the American Legion Hand-Aldrich Post 924, located at 55 Ponquogue Avenue. Observers and participants are asked to be seated no later than 9:45 a.m. Immediately following the ceremony, there will be food and drinks downstairs in the hall. All are welcome to join.
SOUTHAMPTON
The Village of Southampton Commission on Veterans Patriotic Events hosts its Memorial Day Service Monday May 26 at 11 a.m. in Agawam Park. Before the service, a parade kicks off at 10:45 am. at the Presbyterian Church, heading down Job's Lane.
SAG HARBOR
Sag Harbor Chelberg & Battle American Legion Post 388 and Sag Harbor VFW Post 9082 will observe Memorial Day with their annual parade on Monday, May 26.
The parade will step off at 9 a.m. from the WWI Memorial at Otter Pond, where the American Legion Auxiliary Unit 388 plants the Field Of Poppies. The Auxiliary's Girls State Citizens will recite the poem, "In Flanders Fields", beginning the solemn march north on Main Street. The parade stops at each War Memorial, with the Sag Harbor Fire Department on Main Street placing wreaths of remembrance and playing taps. The Memorial Day ceremony will be held at Marine Park, with refreshments following the ceremony at the American Legion on Bay Street. The guest speaker will be Carl Browngardt. "Please start your Memorial Day by coming out for the parade," organizers said.
EAST HAMPTON
The East Hampton Memorial Day Parade, hosted by the Everit Albert Herter Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 550 and American Legion Post 419, takes place on Monday, May 26 at 9 a.m. Immediately following a "Lost at Sea" ceremony on Main Beach at 10 a.m., all participants will head to the parade start point at David's Lane and Route 27 by the East Hampton Presbyterian Church at 10 a.m. Following the parade, a "Missing Man" ceremony will be held at 11 a.m. on Windmill Lane at the Green Vets' Memorial. Social activities will follow after the ceremonies at Post 419, located at 15 Montauk Highway.
