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A past Southampton Village Veterans Day ceremony. DANA SHAW
Several 2025 Veterans Day observances will take place on Tuesday, November 11, across the South Fork.
The American Legion Hand-Aldrich Post 924 will host a Veterans Day ceremony on Tuesday at 11 a.m. at its headquarters, 55 Ponquogue Avenue.
Commander George Hand will lead the ceremony. The guest speaker will be Purple Heart recipient David Agtsteribbe, a U.S. Army veteran and the finance officer for the Hampton Bays American Legion.
Refreshments and snacks will be served afterward, during which the winning ticket in the 50/50 raffle will be drawn.
The Commission on Veterans Patriotic Events will be hosting a Veterans Day ceremony on Tuesday, November 11, at 11 a.m. in Agawam Park in Southampton. Prior to the service, there will be a short parade from the First Presbyterian Church, west on Jobs Lane, to the park. All veterans are invited to participate and asked to be at the church parking lot by 10:30 a.m. Cars will be available for those who cannot march. The guest speaker will be Joan A. Furey, a U.S. Army nurse veteran. She began her military service in 1968 with deployment in 1969 to Vietnam, where she served as a second lieutenant and eventually earned the Bronze Star. Her post-war accomplishments include pioneering studies in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) through her service in the Department of Veteran Affairs, and her service as the director of the Center for Women Veterans. All are invited to the Veterans Memorial Hall for refreshments after the service.
Sag Harbor’s annual Veterans Day observance will be held Tuesday beginning with a short parade that will start at the Civil War monument at Main and Madison streets at 10 a.m., and end at the American Legion on Bay Street. The American Legion’s Women’s Auxiliary will serve light refreshments following the service. Veterans who would like to participate should meet at the legion at 9:30 a.m.
The Montauk Playhouse Community Center Foundation will hold its annual flag ceremony in honor of veterans on Tuesday, November 11, at the Montauk Playhouse Community Center, 240 Edgemere Street. The ceremony will begin at 11 a.m. at the Suzanne Koch Gosman Flagpole Garden at the center and will feature the raising of the flag and a wreath-laying ceremony by local Scout troops. Light refreshments will be served outdoors following the ceremony. Veterans, as well as the entire community, are invited to attend the ceremony, which will go on, rain or shine.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 550 is holding a Veterans Day Parade on Tuesday that will start at 10 a.m. at the old VFW building (now London Jewelers) on Main Street and run to the Memorial Green, where a short ceremony will take place. Afterward, all participants will go to the American Legion Post 419 in Amagansett for its 11 a.m. ceremony.
Staff Writer on Oct 30, 2025