Calverton National Cemetery Archives

05.25.2020 COVID-19

Calverton National Cemetery hosts private Memorial Day observance

While the COVID-19 pandemic put the usual Memorial Day observances on hold at Calverton National Cemetery, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs did still host a small private ceremony...

05.19.2020 COVID-19

Bellone, volunteers lament VA’s ‘disgraceful’ decision to cancel Memorial Day flag placement efforts

The annual event that brings thousands of local Scouts and other volunteers out to Calverton National Cemetery to place flags at gravesites for Memorial Day is in jeopardy following...

05.10.2020 Community

Memorial Day traditions canceled due to COVID-19 concerns

Several annual Memorial Day traditions in the Riverhead area have been called off due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic. The Combined Veterans of Riverhead has canceled its annual...

11.11.2019 Videos

The Work We Do: Robert Bissonette, Calverton National Cemetery

Brought to you by: I’m Robert Bissonnette. I work at Calverton National Cemetery as a caretaker. I started here in 2013. I was in the Marine Corps for eight...

01.14.2019 Obituaries

Harold Schwerdt, Purple Heart recipient and former POW, laid to rest

Longtime Southold resident Harold Schwerdt, a two-time Purple Heart recipient during World War II, was laid to rest Monday at Calverton National Cemetery.

12.18.2018 Community

Veterans honored at Wreaths Across America ceremony in Calverton

The volunteers who placed wreaths on veterans’ graves during Saturday’s Wreaths Across America event were asked to speak each veteran’s name aloud, thank them for their service and pause...

05.27.2018 Community

Photos: Memorial Day flag placement ceremony at Calverton National Cemetery

The Riverhead Cub Scout Pack 242 was one of many volunteer groups to place American flags on graves Saturday at Calverton National Cemetery in honor of Memorial Day.

03.29.2018 News

Never to be forgotten, Tech. Sgt. Dashan Briggs laid to rest

Fellow service members, friends, family and officials gathered at the Westhampton Beach Volunteer Fire Department to remember Tech. Sgt. Dashan Briggs, a Riverhead native who died in a helicopter...

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