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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...

12.02.2017 Community

World War II pilot, killed in 1945, laid to rest in Calverton

More than 72 years after his plane was shot down outside Hamburg, Germany, Army Air Forces 1st Lt. Robert Mains was buried at Calverton National Cemetery Saturday.

11.11.2017 Community

Photos: Long-lost Purple Heart returns to Riverhead family

Last Sunday morning, Lori Riley of Riverhead posted a story on Facebook about a dream she had. She was sitting in a park when her late husband, Willie Riley,...

05.27.2017 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 morning at Calverton National Cemetery in honor of Memorial Day.

12.08.2016 Community

Larry Williams retiring from Calverton National Cemetery after 38 years

When Larry Williams began working at Calverton National Cemetery, only a few hundred people were interred there. It was January 1979 and the cemetery had opened just months earlier....

06.23.2016 News

WWII, 9/11 heroes finally laid to rest at Calverton National Cemetery

With just a few dozen people in attendance, U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. John Prince’s burial Friday at Calverton National Cemetery seemed atypical for someone killed in combat. The small...

05.30.2016 Community

With parade canceled, focus shifts to Riverhead’s ‘most sacred place’

Hours after Riverhead’s Memorial Day Parade was called off due to inclement weather, hundreds of vehicles descended on the town. Their destination: Calverton National Cemetery. One annual tradition might have...

05.23.2015 Community

Memorial Day services in Riverhead and Southold

In keeping with tradition, Memorial Day will be observed Monday with a series of parades and ceremonies across the North Fork and Riverhead Town. The following is Monday’s schedule...

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