The Catskill Chronicle

Monday, May 12 – Friday, May 16

Town of Mamakating: VFW Post 4947 will place flags on the following cemeteries: New Vernon, Bloomingburg Rural Free, Burlingham, Poplar Grove at Phillipsport. Cemetery services will be held at these cemeteries between 5/21 – 5/23.

Sunday, May 25

Woodridge: – 4:00 p.m. – Memorial Services at Veterans Park on Roosevelt Avenue in Woodridge. If it rains, we will meet in the Village Hall.

Bloomingburg: – 12:00 p.m – V.F.W. Post #4947 will have Memorial Day Services at the Bloomingburg Cemetery.

Tusten, Highland, Lumberland: VFW Post 6427 will have cemetery ceremonies to honor our deceased veterans at 11:00 a.m. – Lava Cemetery, 11:30 a.m. – St. Francis Cemetery, and 12:00 p.m. – Glen Cove Cemetery. 2:00 p.m. – Town of Tusten, Ceremony at the Old Tusten Church.

Monday, May 26

Forestburgh: 9:00 a.m. – “Memorial Day” Services will be conducted at the Veterans Triangle, Route 42 South, Forestburgh: Sponsored by the Town of Forestburgh, the American Legion, the Jewish War Veterans and the Veterans of Foreign Wars…all locally based Monticello organizations. Refreshments to follow at the Pavilion. Master of Ceremonies – Al Etkin

Monticello: 10:30 a.m. – “Memorial Day” Services at the County Government Center, Monticello. The service is sponsored by the American Legion, the Jewish War Veterans and the Veterans of Foreign Wars, all Monticello organizations. Keynote Speaker will be Jane Wagner, Team Leader, Middletown Vet Center. Refreshments to follow at the Monticello Elks Lodge on North Street. All are invited. Master of Ceremonies: Al Etkin

Liberty: 10:00 a.m. – Line-up on West Liberty Street and North Main Street. On behalf of The Town of Liberty and Cpl. Russell D. Sprague American Legion Post #109, the Parade will start at 10:30 a.m. and travel through the business district in the Village of Liberty, proceed down Church Street, and end at the Liberty Veterans Cemetery on Cold Spring Road. At the cemetery, there will be a short service to honor our War Heroes. Guest Speaker will be the Hon. Harold Bauman.

County Service: Liberty: 1:00 p.m. – The Veterans Service Agency will provide a Memorial Day Service and Wreath Laying Ceremony at the Sullivan County Veterans Cemetery, Sunset Lake Road, Liberty. The Keynote Speaker will be Richard R. Keiser, Past NYS Commander, American Legion. Mr. Keiser was inducted in the NYS Senate Veterans’ Hall of Fame in 2013. Master of Ceremonies: John Crotty

Wurtsboro: 1:00 p.m. – The American Legion Post #1266 will sponsor a Memorial Day Parade – (12:30 p.m. – Line-up on Pine Street in front of the Post). Parade will end at the Veterans Park in Wurtsboro. The Guest Speaker is Gary Greenwald: At the conclusion of the service there will be a BBQ at 92 Pine Street, the American Legion Home.

Town of Mamakating: V.F.W. Post #4947 Boy Scout breakfast – 7:00 a.m., Wurtsboro Community Church. Dedication at Summitville Fire House at 9:00 A.M. and finally joining in the Memorial Day Parade in Wurtsboro (hosted by American Legion 1266). Line-up is at 12:30 P.M. and we will step off at 1:00 P.M.

Bethel: 11:00 a.m. – Services at Town of Bethel Veterans Park, Kauneonga Lake. Flag Dedication will follow at the Bethel Senior Citizens Center.

Fremont Center: 130th Annual Fremont Center Memorial Day Parade: 9:00 a.m. promptly for line-up just above the Fremont Center Community Church. Special Memorial Service at New Veteran’s Park (next to town barn) at 9:30 a.m. The Parade route will be through Fremont Center to the baseball field.

Long Eddy: 1:00 p.m. – The Allan Milk Memorial Post #7276 will have services in Long Eddy Catholic Cemetery, luncheon to follow at Long Eddy Firehouse.

Obernburg: 3:00 p.m. – Services at St. Mary’s Catholic Church at County Rd. 95, refreshments to follow in Church Hall.

Neversink: 11:00 a.m. – Flag Ceremony at the Flag Pole, Grahamsville Rural Cemetery. Flag Exchange: Flag for Calvin Drown will come down and be exchanged for George Coombe’s Flag.

Eldred: 9:00 a.m. – American Legion Post #1363 will conduct a Memorial Service at Eldred Cemetery, Route 55.

Barryville: 9:30 a.m. – American Legion Post #1363 will conduct a Memorial Service at the Barryville Cemetery, Mail Road.

Glen Spey: 10:00 a.m. – American Legion Post #1363 will conduct a Memorial Service across from the Town Hall in Glen Spey.

Roscoe: Parade starts at 10:00 with the memorial Ceremony following immediately after at The Roscoe Fire House.

Livingston Manor: 10:00 a.m. Line-up at the Livingston Manor Firehouse, Parade starts at 10:30 a.m.