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05.25.2020 COVID-19

Calverton National Cemetery hosts private Memorial Day observance

While the COVID-19 pandemic put the usual Memorial Day observances on hold at Calverton National Cemetery, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs did still host a small private ceremony...

05.23.2020 COVID-19

Editorial: Flags should still be placed at the national cemeteries

Decoration Day began in 1868 as a means of honoring Union soldiers who died in battle during the Civil War. For decades, it was believed that 612,000 soldiers on...

05.19.2020 Community

Bellone, volunteers lament VA’s ‘disgraceful’ decision to cancel Memorial Day flag placement efforts

The annual event that brings thousands of local Scouts and other volunteers out to Calverton National Cemetery to place flags at gravesites for Memorial Day is in jeopardy following...

11.11.2019 Videos

The Work We Do: Robert Bissonette, Calverton National Cemetery

Brought to you by: I’m Robert Bissonnette. I work at Calverton National Cemetery as a caretaker. I started here in 2013. I was in the Marine Corps for eight...

05.23.2019 Parades

Memorial Day 2019: Where to observe on the North Fork

The following is a list of this weekend’s Memorial Day parades and ceremonies to honor the men and women who lost their lives in defense of this country.

05.23.2015 Community

Memorial Day services in Riverhead and Southold

In keeping with tradition, Memorial Day will be observed Monday with a series of parades and ceremonies across the North Fork and Riverhead Town. The following is Monday’s schedule...

05.26.2014 Community

Photos: Memorial Day at Calverton National Cemetery

The more than 242,000 interments over the past 36 years at Calverton National Cemetery are the biggest reason so many Long Islanders spend their Memorial Day in Riverhead Town.

11.11.2013 Community

PHOTOS: Calverton National Cemetery Veterans Day service

A few hundred people came out to Calverton National Cemetery on a sunny Monday afternoon for the annual Veterans Day ceremony. The ceremony was nearly derailed this year due...

10.15.2013 Government

Cemetery still funded in full — for now

While large portions of the federal government remain ground to a halt as federal lawmakers stand across the bargaining table from one another, Calverton National Cemetery has been unaffected...

10.04.2013 News

More federal funds to dry up; alcohol labeling stalled

Four days after political gridlock in Washington shut down large swaths of the federal government, it remains unclear what the effects have been — or could be — on...

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