Memorial Day events around the area

Sunday, May 28 Woodbury The Town of Woodbury Memorial Day Parade will form on Bond Street in Central Valley at 1 p.m. The parade will end at the Cemetery of the Highlands at Route 32 and Ridge Road, with memorial ceremonies to be held at the Veterans’ Monument of the Highlands and Firemen’s Monument at 3 p.m. Monday, May 29 Chester The American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars will sponsor Memorial Day services at the firehouse, 81 Main St., at 11 a.m. Florida Memorial Day services by the American Legion Post 1250. A mass at St. Joseph’s cemetery on Union Corners Road will begin at noon, followed by a service at the adjacent Jewish Cemetery. At 2 p.m. a parade will begin in the Village of Florida starting at the village hall. The parade will end at the Florida Cemetery on Bridge Street, where the final services will be conducted. For more information, call 651-7713. Goshen Memorial Day parade will begin at 11 a.m. on Erie Street. An additional 20 World War II veterans from the Valley View Residential Facility will be joining in the parade. Observances will be held by the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, Colonel Augustus van Horne Ellis Camp 124. The observances will include morning services at Unionville Cemetery. The evening program will begin at 7 p.m. at the grave of Capt. William Jackson of Company K at Hamptonburgh Cemetery, located off the Sarah Wells Trail in Hamptonburgh. A traditional observance will be held at 7:30 p.m. at 124th Monument to the War Dead in Goshen. Greenwood Lake The American Legion on New Monroe Road will hold a Memorial Day service at 2 p.m. Harriman Village of Harriman Memorial Day ceremonies. Traditional worship service at St. Anastasia Roman Catholic Church on Route 17M in Harriman at 10 a.m. Honor guards of participating veterans’ organizations and Harriman Engine Company #1 will proceed to the veterans’ memorial in the village square for ceremonies at 11 a.m. At the conclusion, they will proceed to the Veterans of Foreign Wars memorial on River Road for a memorial service. After the service there will be a picnic in the Grover Cornelius Pavilion in the Village of Harriman Park. Pine Island Memorial Day parade sponsored by the Polish Legion of American Veterans. Participants line up at the Legion Hall at 7:30 a.m. and march to the St. Stanislaus Catholic Church in Pine Island. The parade beings at 9 a.m. and ends at the cemetery. A mass by Pastor Joachim Olendzk will be held at St. Stanislaus Catholic Church at 8 a.m. Compiled by Lindsey Siegriest