Island Honors the Fallen With Stars and Stripes
Middletown Cemetery rests off Rogers Path in West Tisbury and is home to many old Island names.
Middletown Cemetery rests off Rogers Path in West Tisbury and is home to many old Island names.
Honoring Chilmarkers lost in Abel's Hill.
Honoring Chilmarkers lost in Abel's Hill.
Bunting line the balcony at Alchemy.
Bunting line the balcony at Alchemy.
Waving the flag in Menemsha.
Waving the flag in Menemsha.
Coast Guard remembers those lost at sea.
Coast Guard remembers those lost at sea.
Somber salute in Oak Bluffs.
Somber salute in Oak Bluffs.
American flags honor the gravestones of Island veterans.
American flags honor the gravestones of Island veterans.
Patriotic display down Edgartown's Main street.
Patriotic display down Edgartown's Main street.
Flags blow quietly in the breeze at Oak Grove cemetery.
Flags blow quietly in the breeze at Oak Grove cemetery.
On Upper Main street in Vineyard Haven.
On Upper Main street in Vineyard Haven.
Private residences join in with remembrance.
Private residences join in with remembrance.
Town of Oak Bluffs flies flag at half mast.
Town of Oak Bluffs flies flag at half mast.
Old stones at Rogers Path.
Old stones at Rogers Path.
Today is Monday, Memorial Day, when we put aside our anticipation for summer and turn instead to solemn remembrance. It is the day when we reflect on all those freedoms which we too often take for granted, even as we consider the cost at which those freedoms were bought for us.