For a Good Cause: Honoring the fallen: Memorial Day events around the South Bay

Memorial Day events scheduled around region

Area residents will have several opportunities to observe Memorial Day and honor local veterans at event Monday.

For a Good Cause: Honoring the fallen: Memorial Day events around the South Bay

If you’re like many Americans, you may think of Memorial Day as the unofficial start to summer. A day off work and school. An excuse to fire up the grill. You’re not alone. In fact, a 2000 Gallup Poll found just 28% of Americans understood the true meaning of Memorial Day — and 40% confused it with Veterans Day. So let’s brush up on our history: This weekend marks 157 years since Rep. James Garfield, who would later become president, addressed a…

Honoring the Fallen for Memorial Day | The East Hampton Star

Honoring the Fallen for Memorial Day Carissa Thu, 05/22/2025 - 17:40 A veteran visiting Fort Hill Cemetery in Montauk last year. Durell Godfrey May 22, 2025 Memorial Day observances in East Hampton begin on Sunday when members of American Legion Post 419 and the Everit Albert Herter Veterans of Foreign Wars Post will travel by bus to cemeteries from Wainscott to Montauk to pay tribute to buried veterans, with rifle squad ceremonies at each one.…