Memorial Day observances in East Hampton begin on Sunday when members of American Legion Post 419 and the Everit Albert Herter Veterans of Foreign Wars Post will travel by bus to cemeteries from Wainscott to Montauk to pay tribute to buried veterans, with rifle squad ceremonies at each one. Pickup will be at the American Legion in Amagansett at 8 a.m. and at the V.F.W. on Montauk Highway in East Hampton at 8:15 a.m.
Monday’s events start at Main Beach in East Hampton at 8:45 a.m. with a tribute to those lost at sea. Participants in the East Hampton Memorial Day Parade will begin lining up at 9:45 a.m. at the Presbyterian Church and will step off at 10. The parade will end at the war monument near the Hook Mill, where there will be a service with awards presentations and a speech by Conlon Carabine, who grew up here and retired from the Marine Corps with the rank of major.
