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Scene from the 2025 Port Jefferson Memorial Day service. Photo by Greg Catalano
Scene from the 2025 Port Jefferson Memorial Day service. Photo by Greg Catalano
Scene from the 2025 Port Jefferson Memorial Day service. Photo by Greg Catalano
Scene from the 2025 Port Jefferson Memorial Day service. Photo by Greg Catalano
Scene from the 2025 Port Jefferson Memorial Day service. Photo by Greg Catalano
Scene from the 2025 Port Jefferson Memorial Day service. Photo by Greg Catalano
Scene from the 2025 Port Jefferson Memorial Day service. Photo by Greg Catalano
Scene from the 2025 Port Jefferson Memorial Day service. Photo by Greg Catalano
Scene from the 2025 Port Jefferson Memorial Day service. Photo by Greg Catalano
Scene from the 2025 Port Jefferson Memorial Day service. Photo by Greg Catalano

By Greg Catalano

Port Jefferson celebrates Memorial Day on May 26 with a ceremony at Port Jefferson Memorial Park at 10 a.m. 

Suffolk County Legislator Steve Englebright (D-Setauket), Village of Port Jefferson Mayor Lauren Sheprow, NYS Assemblywoman Rebecca Kassay (D-Port Jefferson) and Brookhaven Councilmember Jonathan Kornreich (D-Stony Brook) spoke of the many sacrifices given by those who served their country. 

Boy scouts laid wreaths at the memorial. Taps played to close out the ceremony, which was held by the American Legion Wilson Ritch Post 432. 

–Photos by Greg Catalano

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Scene from the Town of Huntington’s Memorial Day celebration on Sunday, May 26. Photo by Michael Scro
Scene from the Town of Huntington’s Memorial Day celebration on Sunday, May 26. Photo by Michael Scro
Scene from the Town of Huntington’s Memorial Day celebration on Sunday, May 26. Photo by Michael Scro
Scene from the Town of Huntington’s Memorial Day celebration on Sunday, May 26. Photo by Michael Scro
Scene from the Town of Huntington’s Memorial Day celebration on Sunday, May 26. Photo by Michael Scro
Scene from the Town of Huntington’s Memorial Day celebration on Sunday, May 26. Photo by Michael Scro
Scene from the Town of Huntington’s Memorial Day celebration on Sunday, May 26. Photo by Michael Scro
Scene from the Town of Huntington’s Memorial Day celebration on Sunday, May 26. Photo by Michael Scro
Scene from the Town of Huntington’s Memorial Day celebration on Sunday, May 26. Photo by Michael Scro
Scene from the Town of Huntington’s Memorial Day celebration on Sunday, May 26. Photo by Michael Scro
Scene from the Town of Huntington’s Memorial Day celebration on Sunday, May 26. Photo by Michael Scro
Scene from the Town of Huntington’s Memorial Day celebration on Sunday, May 26. Photo by Michael Scro
Scene from the Town of Huntington’s Memorial Day celebration on Sunday, May 26. Photo by Michael Scro
Scene from the Town of Huntington’s Memorial Day celebration on Sunday, May 26. Photo by Michael Scro
Scene from the Town of Huntington’s Memorial Day celebration on Sunday, May 26. Photo by Michael Scro
Scene from the Town of Huntington’s Memorial Day celebration on Sunday, May 26. Photo by Michael Scro
Scene from the Town of Huntington’s Memorial Day celebration on Sunday, May 26. Photo by Michael Scro
Scene from the Town of Huntington’s Memorial Day celebration on Sunday, May 26. Photo by Michael Scro
Scene from the Town of Huntington’s Memorial Day celebration on Sunday, May 26. Photo by Michael Scro
Scene from the Town of Huntington’s Memorial Day celebration on Sunday, May 26. Photo by Michael Scro
Scene from the Town of Huntington’s Memorial Day celebration on Sunday, May 26. Photo by Michael Scro
Scene from the Town of Huntington’s Memorial Day celebration on Sunday, May 26. Photo by Michael Scro
Scene from the Town of Huntington’s Memorial Day celebration on Sunday, May 26. Photo by Michael Scro
Scene from the Town of Huntington’s Memorial Day celebration on Sunday, May 26. Photo by Michael Scro
Scene from the Town of Huntington’s Memorial Day celebration on Sunday, May 26. Photo by Michael Scro
Scene from the Town of Huntington’s Memorial Day celebration on Sunday, May 26. Photo by Michael Scro
Scene from the Town of Huntington’s Memorial Day celebration on Sunday, May 26. Photo by Michael Scro
Scene from the Town of Huntington’s Memorial Day celebration on Sunday, May 26. Photo by Michael Scro
Scene from the Town of Huntington’s Memorial Day celebration on Sunday, May 26. Photo by Michael Scro
Scene from the Town of Huntington’s Memorial Day celebration on Sunday, May 26. Photo by Michael Scro
Scene from the Town of Huntington’s Memorial Day celebration on Sunday, May 26. Photo by Michael Scro
Scene from the Town of Huntington’s Memorial Day celebration on Sunday, May 26. Photo by Michael Scro
Scene from the Town of Huntington’s Memorial Day celebration on Sunday, May 26. Photo by Michael Scro
Scene from the Town of Huntington’s Memorial Day celebration on Sunday, May 26. Photo by Michael Scro
Scene from the Town of Huntington’s Memorial Day celebration on Sunday, May 26. Photo by Michael Scro
Scene from the Town of Huntington’s Memorial Day celebration on Sunday, May 26. Photo by Michael Scro
Scene from the Town of Huntington’s Memorial Day celebration on Sunday, May 26. Photo by Michael Scro
Scene from the Town of Huntington’s Memorial Day celebration on Sunday, May 26. Photo by Michael Scro
Scene from the Town of Huntington’s Memorial Day celebration on Sunday, May 26. Photo by Michael Scro
Scene from the Town of Huntington’s Memorial Day celebration on Sunday, May 26. Photo by Michael Scro
Scene from the Town of Huntington’s Memorial Day celebration on Sunday, May 26. Photo by Michael Scro
Scene from the Town of Huntington’s Memorial Day celebration on Sunday, May 26. Photo by Michael Scro
Scene from the Town of Huntington’s Memorial Day celebration on Sunday, May 26. Photo by Michael Scro
Scene from the Town of Huntington’s Memorial Day celebration on Sunday, May 26. Photo by Michael Scro
Scene from the Town of Huntington’s Memorial Day celebration on Sunday, May 26. Photo by Michael Scro
Scene from the Town of Huntington’s Memorial Day celebration on Sunday, May 26. Photo by Michael Scro
Scene from the Town of Huntington’s Memorial Day celebration on Sunday, May 26. Photo by Michael Scro
Scene from the Town of Huntington’s Memorial Day celebration on Sunday, May 26. Photo by Michael Scro
Scene from the Town of Huntington’s Memorial Day celebration on Sunday, May 26. Photo by Michael Scro
Scene from the Town of Huntington’s Memorial Day celebration on Sunday, May 26. Photo by Michael Scro
Scene from the Town of Huntington’s Memorial Day celebration on Sunday, May 26. Photo by Michael Scro
Scene from the Town of Huntington’s Memorial Day celebration on Sunday, May 26. Photo by Michael Scro
Scene from the Town of Huntington’s Memorial Day celebration on Sunday, May 26. Photo by Michael Scro
Scene from the Town of Huntington’s Memorial Day celebration on Sunday, May 26. Photo by Michael Scro
Scene from the Town of Huntington’s Memorial Day celebration on Sunday, May 26. Photo by Michael Scro
Scene from the Town of Huntington’s Memorial Day celebration on Sunday, May 26. Photo by Michael Scro

The Town of Huntington hosted a Wreath Laying Ceremony on May 26 at Veterans Plaza on the front lawn of Town Hall on May 26 in commemoration of Memorial Day.  Wreaths were placed to honor fallen service members from World War I, World War II, the Korean War, Vietnam, Women Veterans, and the Middle East; Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts. 

The ceremony included live patriotic music featuring the Huntington Men’s Chorus, Veteran Color Guard, a Rifle Salute, Taps played on bugle, and Amazing Grace played with Pipe & Drum.  Gold Star Mother Constance Mangano was in attendance, in memory of her son, New York National Guard Spec. Anthony L. Mangano.  

Photos by Michael Scro/Media Origin

 

 

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A scene from the Setauket Memorial Day Parade on May 27. Photo by Rita J. Egan
A scene from the Setauket Memorial Day Parade on May 27. Photo by Rita J. Egan
A scene from the Setauket Memorial Day Parade on May 27. Photo by Rita J. Egan
A scene from the Setauket Memorial Day Parade on May 27. Photo by Rita J. Egan
A scene from the Setauket Memorial Day Parade on May 27. Photo by Rita J. Egan
A scene from the Setauket Memorial Day Parade on May 27. Photo by Rita J. Egan
A scene from the Setauket Memorial Day Parade on May 27. Photo by Rita J. Egan
A scene from the Setauket Memorial Day Parade on May 27. Photo by Rita J. Egan
A scene from the Setauket Memorial Day Parade on May 27. Photo by Rita J. Egan
A scene from the Setauket Memorial Day Parade on May 27. Photo by Rita J. Egan
A scene from the Setauket Memorial Day Parade on May 27. Photo by Rita J. Egan
A scene from the Setauket Memorial Day Parade on May 27. Photo by Rita J. Egan
A scene from the Setauket Memorial Day Parade on May 27. Photo by Rita J. Egan
A scene from the Setauket Memorial Day Parade on May 27. Photo by Rita J. Egan
A scene from the Setauket Memorial Day Parade on May 27. Photo by Rita J. Egan
A scene from the Setauket Memorial Day Parade on May 27. Photo by Rita J. Egan
A scene from the Setauket Memorial Day Parade on May 27. Photo by Rita J. Egan
A scene from the Setauket Memorial Day Parade on May 27. Photo by Rita J. Egan
A scene from the Setauket Memorial Day Parade on May 27. Photo by Rita J. Egan
A scene from the Setauket Memorial Day Parade on May 27. Photo by Rita J. Egan
A scene from the Setauket Memorial Day Parade on May 27. Photo by Rita J. Egan
A scene from the Setauket Memorial Day Parade on May 27. Photo by Rita J. Egan
A scene from the Setauket Memorial Day Parade on May 27. Photo by Rita J. Egan
A scene from the Setauket Memorial Day Parade on May 27. Photo by Rita J. Egan
A scene from the Setauket Memorial Day Service on May 27. Photos by Rita J. Egan
A scene from the Setauket Memorial Day Service on May 27. Photo by Rita J. Egan
A scene from the Setauket Memorial Day Service on May 27. Photo by Rita J. Egan
A scene from the Setauket Memorial Day Service on May 27. Photo by Rita J. Egan
A scene from the Setauket Memorial Day Service on May 27. Photo by Rita J. Egan

By Rita J. Egan

Despite the threat of rain, the Setauket Memorial Day Parade went on as planned on Monday, May 27.

Hosted by Veterans of Foreign War Post 3054, the event began with a wreath-laying ceremony on the Village Green. After the ceremony, veterans, volunteer firefighters, elected officials, the Ward Melville marching band, Scouts, dancers, twirlers and more marched up Main Street to Route 25A, where hundreds of participants lined the street.

The parade ended with Post 3054 hosting another wreath-laying ceremony at Setauket Veterans Memorial Park on Shore Road and Route 25A.

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