Island Light: Memorial Day
Soccer takes over part of Veteran's Memorial Park in Vineyard Haven.
Soccer takes over part of Veteran's Memorial Park in Vineyard Haven.
A pick-up soccer match takes over another section.
A pick-up soccer match takes over another section.
Softballs cover the baseball diamond as practice goes on.
Softballs cover the baseball diamond as practice goes on.
Kevin Hatt takes a big swing ... where it ended up, we're not telling.
Kevin Hatt takes a big swing ... where it ended up, we're not telling.
Waiting for big winds to take out her passengers.
Waiting for big winds to take out her passengers.
Wetting a line on Memorial Wharf jigging for squid.
Wetting a line on Memorial Wharf jigging for squid.
Sanderlings in flight at the edge of Sengekontacket.
Sanderlings in flight at the edge of Sengekontacket.
Afternoon fog rolls into Vineyard Haven harbor.
Afternoon fog rolls into Vineyard Haven harbor.
Work continues at the Capawock Theatre as summer comes quickly.
Work continues at the Capawock Theatre as summer comes quickly.
An early summer guest, a sandhill crane, makes a rare stop on Island.
An early summer guest, a sandhill crane, makes a rare stop on Island.
Navy plane E2 Hawkeye performs touch and goes at the airport.
Navy plane E2 Hawkeye performs touch and goes at the airport.
Happy Memorial Day weekend to all our friends and families.
Happy Memorial Day weekend to all our friends and families.
Memorial Day reaches far beyond the opening of the summer season, and there are many traditions here associated with the national holiday. Tomorrow Island veterans of foreign wars will host a parade that begins at ten in the morning at the American Legion Hall in Vineyard Haven and ends at the Oak Grove cemetery where hundreds of flags will flutter in the May breeze. Following that the town of Tisbury will host its annual old-fashioned town picnic on the lawn overlooking lake Tashmoo. Happy Memorial Day to all Gazette readers near and far. Welcome to another Island summer.