PUTNAM COUNTY- The unofficial beginning of summer, Memorial Day, has arrived and officials on the state, county, town, and village levels are encouraging residents to take time and attend a Memorial Day observance.
In Putnam County, ceremonies got underway on Friday evening when the Putnam Joint Veterans Council conducted the John Morris Watchfire Vigil, which continues throughout the weekend from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m.
Veterans will stand guard at the Putnam Veterans Memorial Park and retire American flags in a large burning barrel.
On Sunday, traditional services will take place at the Lake Carmel Veterans Monument at 9:30 a.m., followed at 11 a.m. with a ceremony at the Carmel Veterans Hall on Gleneida Avenue in the county seat.
Numerous ceremonies are planned for Monday, Memorial Day, as well. A parade steps off in Brewster at 10 a.m., proceeding from the Brewster FD headquarters to Southeast Veterans Park, formerly known as Electrazone Field, where a ceremony will take place.
Cold Spring will have a ceremony Monday morning at the Main Street Memorial at 10 a.m., that is being hosted by VFW Post 2362 and American Legion Post 275, followed by the laying of a wreath in the Hudson River.
Putnam Valley will have three short parades each with a ceremony. Festivities take place at Putnam Valley Town Hall at 11 a.m.; Lake Peekskill at 12 noon and at the VFW Post home on Oscawana Lake Road at 1 p.m.
A parade is planned for Mahopac from Clarke Place, along Route 6 to the Mahopac Veterans Memorial Park, followed by a ceremony. The 10:30 a.m. parade will be followed with an American Legion salute to our vets at the post headquarters on Buckshollow Road along with a ceremony at the VFW post on East Lake Blvd.
Putnam Lake’s ceremony begins at 10 a.m., with a parade at the Castle that will proceed to the Town Monument for a ceremony.
Putnam’s Director of the Veterans Services Agency Karl Rohde urged all residents of the county to attend a veteran’s observance this year.
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