Island Students March to the Sea for Memorial Day
Tisbury school students wearing hats, bearing flowers.
Tisbury school students wearing hats, bearing flowers.
Tisbury students accompanied by band.
Tisbury students accompanied by band.
Tisbury students gathered by flagpole.
Tisbury students gathered by flagpole.
Flowers in the water in Tisbury outer harbor.
Flowers in the water in Tisbury outer harbor.
Chilmark students walk to harbor, led by teacher Robin Smith.
Chilmark students walk to harbor, led by teacher Robin Smith.
Chilmark students read Memorial Day poems and observed a moment of silence before tossing flowers in the harbor.
Chilmark students read Memorial Day poems and observed a moment of silence before tossing flowers in the harbor.
Lieut. Col. Ted Morgan addresses Edgartown students.
Lieut. Col. Ted Morgan addresses Edgartown students.
Edgartown students gathered at Memorial Wharf.
Edgartown students gathered at Memorial Wharf.
Edgartown seventh graders toss flowers in harbor.
Edgartown seventh graders toss flowers in harbor.
Following long-standing tradition, students from Chilmark, Edgartown and Tisbury schools marched to the sea Friday afternoon. Bearing flowers and flags, they walked through their respective towns to toss flowers in the water in honor of Memorial Day.
Chilmark School students read a Memorial Day poem and traveled to Dutcher Dock in Menemsha on foot and by school bus. Edgartown students sang songs and tossed flowers into Edgartown Harbor from Memorial Wharf. In Tisbury, students marched through town carrying flowers, some sporting patriotic hats. Their destination was Owen Park.