Kathy Barber May 24, 2013 at 07:20 am
EAST HAMPTON
Memorial Day Parade
East Hampton’s Memorial Day Parade and Remembrance Ceremonies…Read More will be held on Monday, May 27, 2013. The Parade will assemble at the East Hampton High School parking lot at 8:30 a.m. A Remembrance Ceremony will be held at 9:00 a.m. in front of Fowler-Dix-Park VFW Post 5095. A gun salute by the VFW Post 5095 Color Guard will be followed by Taps, delivered by Shannon Law, with the Echo performed by Bryan Hurlburt.
The Parade will step off following the conclusion of the Ceremony. Robert Schneider, a Korean War Veteran will serve as Grand Marshall and Bernie Begin, a Vietnam War Veteran, will serve as Parade Marshall. A fly-over is scheduled over Route 66 at approximately 9:30 a.m.
The Parade will pause at Lakeview Cemetery where Allison Leue, Fowler-Dix-Park Ladies Auxiliary 5095 Chaplain, will offer a prayer in honor of our deceased Veterans. Taps and Echo will follow a gun salute by the VFW Color Guard.
Following the conclusion of the Parade in East Hampton’s town center, a Remembrance Ceremony will be held on the lawn of the East Hampton Congregational Church, led by Lou Carillo, President of the East Hampton Veterans Association. The National Anthem will be performed by the East Hampton High School Band, under the direction of Andrew Groves, Music Director, with Eric Llaser performing the duties of Drum Majors.
Our Guest Speaker is Navy Seabee Christopher Abbott. Christopher entered Active Military Service with the Navy in 2008. He served with the Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 7 after completing A-school in Texas, providing convoy security and serving as a Range Coach. During a Peacetime Deployment in 2009, Christopher performed construction duties on a military base in Spain. He was then sent on detachments to Morocco, Guyana, Honduras and Suriname where he constructed buildings, repaired and performed updates to an Indian Hostel, and even built a playground for an elementary school. In January of 2011, Christopher deployed to Kandahar, Afghanistan where he escorted over 60 convoys of Navy and Army construction supplies over 5,000 miles within Kandahar Province and beyond. He was honorably discharged in September of 2012. He is presently attending Middlesex Community College, working on a Criminal and Justice Degree.
During the Ceremony, the East Hampton High School and Middle School bands will perform a variety of musical selections. Madeline Martinez will recite the Gettysburg Address, Jennifer Pionzio will read the poem “In Flanders’ Field”, and Joshua Chasseau will ruffle drums during the reading of the past year’s names of deceased Veterans. Ron Christopher from the VFW Post will deliver the Prayer for the Deceased Veterans and Allison Leue, Auxiliary Chaplain, will deliver the Benediction. The Ladies Auxiliary to VFW Post 5095 will offer refreshments to all Parade participants following the conclusion of the ceremony.
Karen Amendola May 24, 2013 at 05:02 pm
I am so thankful for our veterans. Thank you for informing the public of these despicable scams!
Boards
All Boards » Bob May 22, 2013 at 02:41 pm
1st of all - LOWER income community's " certainly Is not referring to places such as Portland…Read More or East Hampton so I'm confused why the writer implies it does since clearly it doesn't !
the other comment the writer chooses to include is
"society lets kids down" referring to not allocating enough $$$ for supplies or education ..... THIS is JUST CRAZY !!!!
on a Larger Level the USA throws more $$ at education thinking it will make a difference when it will not - and the results show it...
2ndly - has anyone that agrees with this Assertion actually ever looked at the Budgets these school systems receive ?
it's clear that the majority if our tax $ goes to educators and the system - and it's mainly comes down to a few simple things when we talk about why teachers are taking cash outta their own pockets to buy supplies. it has NOTHING to do with not having the $$ it comes down to - the educators and Dept Leads NOT planning correctly.
if they had planned correctly and put it in their HUGE inflated budgets they wouldn't have to go buy things .... Also it cones down to the administrators not working with the boards to put a system in place that if for some reason - something is needed - they have an Avenue To obtain it or get reimbursed for it Easily.
So we really need To put a stop to continuing to put a slant on these types of stories - and just start stating the facts.
the last thing I find VERY strange is that Nowhere the PTA is mentioned and What a great resource they are !!!
The majority of the time these groups have plenty of $$$ ON HAND that they actually need to "" THINK of "" year after year what to do with it all...... they are great groups that really add to the overall assistance to the depts within the schools.
last year alone for an example is that our PTO purchased over 1200 dollars in tee shirts for the 1st graders to wear at an Assembly as well as Utilizing their funds to purchase a $800 Color laser printer.
So let's all take a step back and Realize Yes maybe our teachers are out there purchasing supplies however It is not due to a lack of funds with in the school systems budgets
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