Area Memorial Day Services Are Set

East Hampton

A short Memorial Day “Lost at Sea” service will be held at Main Beach in East Hampton Village at 9 a.m. on Monday, May 27, hosted by the Everit Albert Herter VFW Post 550 and American Legion Post 419. Afterward, a parade will start at the East Hampton Presbyterian Church at 10 a.m. and make its way to Memorial Park at the Hook Mill for a ceremony. The day before, members of the legion and the VFW will visit each cemetery in their area to honor deceased veterans.

Sag Harbor

The Sag Harbor American Legion Chelberg and Battle Post and Veterans of Foreign Wars will observe Memorial Day with their annual parade on Monday, May 27. The parade, which will step off at 9 a.m. from the World War I Memorial at Otter Pond at the corner of Main Street and Jermain Avenue, will proceed north through the village, stopping at war memorials, the Main Street Firehouse, and the Lance Cpl. Jordan Haerter Veterans Memorial Bridge, where wreaths will be laid, before concluding at Marine Park. The Sag Harbor Community Band will perform. Veterans, scouts, the American Legion Auxiliary, public officials, and the Pierson High School Band are expected to participate. A reception will follow at the American Legion on Bay Street.

Bridgehampton

The Bridgehampton Fire Department will host a Memorial Day service at the monument on Ocean Road starting at 9:30 a.m. The Bridgehampton School band will participate.

Southampton

The Commission on Veterans Patriotic Events will host a Memorial Day ceremony at 11 a.m. on Monday, May 27, at Agawam Park, following a parade starting at the First Presbyterian Church parking lot at 10:45 a.m. The guest speaker will be Joshua Donohue, a professor of history at Farmingdale State College and Suffolk Community College. He holds a master’s degree in military history and teaches courses in American military history, U.S. history, and Western civilization.

Refreshments will be served in Veterans Memorial Hall following the service.

Also, the Southampton History Museum and Southampton Village Hall will host a celebration of the Village of Southampton Commission on Veterans Patriotic Events, Veterans Hall and village veterans at an event on Friday, May 24, from 5 to 7 p.m. at Veterans Memorial Hall, 25 Pond Lane in Southampton. During the event, local veterans will share personal stories starting at 6 p.m. Refreshments will be provided by Thyme & Again. All are welcome.

For more information, go to southamptonvillage.org.

Hampton Bays

A Memorial Day ceremony will be held at the Hampton Bays American Legion Memorial Park on Ponquogue Avenue, next to Hand-Aldrich Post 924, beginning at 11 a.m. on Monday, May 27. All are asked to arrive no later than 10:45 a.m. The guest speaker will be former U.S. Marine Joe Thompson. Following the service, refreshments will be served.

Westhampton Beach

American Legion Post 834 will hold a Memorial Day event on Monday, May 27, at 11 a.m. at Westhampton Cemetery on Montauk Highway. The Westhampton Beach Fire Department and the Westhampton Beach High School Band will participate. In addition, there will be the placement of a wreath following at the Ham Andon Memorial at Westhampton Marina.

VFW Post 5350 will hold a service at the post, 101 Old Riverhead Road, Westhampton Beach, at 11 a.m. on Monday, May 27. The keynote speaker will be Donald Steinert, a member of the VFW and a Vietnam veteran who served in the Marine Corps. Refreshments will follow.