Edgartown School Recognizes Fallen Heroes for Memorial Day
School children lead the assembly in Pledge of Allegiance.
School children lead the assembly in Pledge of Allegiance.
Rain showers spurred a last-minute shift from harbor to school gymnasium.
Rain showers spurred a last-minute shift from harbor to school gymnasium.
Edgartown Eagle pride.
Edgartown Eagle pride.
A little song, a little dance.
A little song, a little dance.
Edgartown select board and other town officials joined the remembrance.
Edgartown select board and other town officials joined the remembrance.
Seventh-grade class recited Walt Whitman’s O Captain! My Captain!
Seventh-grade class recited Walt Whitman’s O Captain! My Captain!
Eighth-grade class recited Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address.
Eighth-grade class recited Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address.
James Hagerty wore his Marines uniform to address the town’s children.
James Hagerty wore his Marines uniform to address the town’s children.
Passing in review before the seated dignitaries.
Passing in review before the seated dignitaries.
Students place flowers on a cloth in the corner of the gym.
Students place flowers on a cloth in the corner of the gym.
Syvius Rivera Rigali plays Taps on tenor sax to coclude event.
Syvius Rivera Rigali plays Taps on tenor sax to coclude event.
Songs, solemn words, and flowers paid tribute to the fallen servicemen and women who served our country in the Edgartown School's Memorial Day salute. Due to inclement weather, the annual march to Memorial Wharf was instead held in the school's gymnasium. But patriotic reverence and high spirits won out and a grand time was had by all.