In an annual Memorial Day tradition, students in Chilmark, Tisbury and Edgartown will carry flowers to the sea on Friday, May 27 to commemorate Memorial Day.
Traffic came to a halt in Edgartown Friday afternoon as the Edgartown School took to the streets for their annual Memorial Day march to the sea.
At 1:00 p.m., the entire school followed the seventh grade class down to Memorial Wharf for a short ceremony.
“One.” Parents leaned close and readied their cameras.
“Two.” Seventh-graders looked at each other in excited anticipation. They had waited all day for this, waited for years, watching as older students took their turns. They had led the procession from Edgartown School down Main street to Memorial Wharf, and now stood at the water’s edge, clutching a garden, ready to pay tribute to generations of fallen soldiers.
Tisbury School March To The Sea
The students at the Tisbury School marked Memorial Day with a march to the Tisbury harbor.
Island Students Celebrate Memorial Day
Edgartown students cast their flowers away.
Edgartown students cast their flowers away.
Chilmark school students hold flowers for memorial day.
Chilmark school students hold flowers for memorial day.
Flowers float away in Menemsha harbor.
Flowers float away in Menemsha harbor.
School bands play patriotic favorites.
School bands play patriotic favorites.
Student rings the bell at the Coast Guard station.
Student rings the bell at the Coast Guard station.
Peeking under the dock.
Peeking under the dock.
Chilmark school students throw their flowers in the harbor.
Chilmark school students throw their flowers in the harbor.
Oak Bluffs students gather Alley Waban Park.
Oak Bluffs students gather Alley Waban Park.
Flowers float away at the beach in Oak Bluffs.
Flowers float away at the beach in Oak Bluffs.
Edgartown School students gather at Memorial Wharf.
Edgartown School students gather at Memorial Wharf.
Edgartown School students gather at Memorial Wharf.
Edgartown School students gather at Memorial Wharf.
Isaac Winters plays Taps.
Isaac Winters plays Taps.
Kenny MacDonald gives a heartfelt speech.
Kenny MacDonald gives a heartfelt speech.
Marching back to school.
Marching back to school.
Tisbury School students gather at Owen Park.
Tisbury School students gather at Owen Park.
Tisbury School students gather at Owen Park.
Tisbury School students gather at Owen Park.
Students line up before marching.
Students line up before marching.
An honor guard leads the way.
An honor guard leads the way.
Throwing flowers into Vineyard Haven harbor.
Throwing flowers into Vineyard Haven harbor.
Throwing flowers into Vineyard Haven harbor.
Throwing flowers into Vineyard Haven harbor.
