Six Suffolk communities set November 11 observances with parades and ceremonies
Local groups in Montauk, Southampton, and other towns have scheduled flag raisings, marches, and remembrance events for the upcoming holiday.
By Giulia Gallagher ·
Six communities in Suffolk County will hold separate Veterans Day observances on Wednesday, November 11. The events range from formal flag ceremonies to public parades, with one parade scheduled for the preceding Sunday.
In Montauk, the Montauk Playhouse Community Center Foundation will host a ceremony at 11 a.m. at 240 Edgemere Street. Girl Scout Troop 825 will raise the flag and lay a wreath at the Suzanne Koch Gosman Flagpole Garden. Faith Mulally, a local student and singer, will perform the national anthem. Collin Snovell, station chief of U.S. Coast Guard Station Montauk, will deliver remarks. Light refreshments will follow in the cultural center.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 550 will lead a parade in East Hampton and Amagansett at 10 a.m. The march will begin at the old VFW building, now London Jewelers, on Main Street and end at the Memorial Green. Participants will then move to American Legion Post 419 in Amagansett for an 11 a.m. ceremony.
Sag Harbor will begin its observance with a parade at 10 a.m. from the Civil War monument at Main and Madison streets. The march will end at the American Legion on Bay Street. Veterans participating in the march are asked to meet at the legion at 9:30 a.m.
Southampton’s Commission on Veterans Patriotic Events will hold a ceremony at 11 a.m. in Agawam Park. Prudence Carabine, whose late brother, husband, and son served in the military, will speak. A short parade will precede the service, starting from the First Presbyterian Church. Veterans are asked to arrive at the church parking lot by 10:30 a.m. Cars are available for those who cannot march. Refreshments will be served at the Veterans Memorial Hall.
American Legion Hand-Aldrich Post 924 in Hampton Bays will hold a ceremony at 11 a.m. at 55 Ponquogue Avenue. Lieutenant Commander Robert Scribnor, a U.S. Navy veteran, will be the guest speaker. Attendees are asked to be seated by 10:30 a.m. A 50/50 raffle drawing will occur after refreshments.
The Chamber of Commerce of the Moriches will hold a parade on Sunday, November 8, at 2 p.m. The route starts at the Eagle on Montauk Highway and Adelaide Avenue and ends at Soldiers and Sailors Park. The ceremony will honor grand marshal Lee Sinnickson, a Vietnam War veteran. Victoria Hedberg can be reached at 516-527-1008 for arrangements for those unable to walk.
Source: 27east (Southampton Press)
