From a parade in Freeport to quiet reflection in Calverton National Cemetery to a ceremony in Smithtown, people across Long Island observed Memorial Day on Monday.


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Residents also celebrated the unofficial start of summer with backyard barbecues and by relaxing with friends and family on Long Island's famed beaches.

Long Islanders celebrate Memorial Day with tributes to fallen

Memorial Day is a day to honor, remember and celebrate the lives of those who made the ultimate sacrifice. Celebrations were held across Long Island Monday in their honor. Shari Einhorn reports.

Memorial Day celebrations across Long Island 

See photos from parades, celebrations and other Memorial Day events on LI.

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Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and community members volunteered to honor U.S. heroes, by placing American flags on gravestones at Calverton National Cemetery. Newsday's Jamie Stuart reports.

Flags placed at Calverton National Cemetery to honor America's fallen this Memorial Day

Thousands of volunteers, including Long Island scout troops, spent Saturday at Calverton National Cemetery planting flags at the graves of fallen soldiers to honor their service on Memorial Day weekend.

Flags again planted at soldiers' graves in Calverton cemetery

Bethpage Air Show at Jones Beach

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See scenes from the 2021 Bethpage Air Show at Jones Beach.

Photos from the air show at Jones Beach

You're probably aware there are jets doing stunts, but what do you know about those planes and the pilots?

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Long Islanders marched through hamlet downtowns to honor America's war dead. They craned their necks at the Bethpage Air Show. At backyard barbecues, they celebrated the start of summer; at solemn ceremonies, they read the names of the fallen.

Memorial Day on LI: Traditions return, history is made

From a parade in Freeport to quiet reflection in Calverton National Cemetery to a ceremony in Smithtown, people across Long Island observed Memorial Day.

The Bethpage Air Show returned at Jones Beach, after being canceled last year and postponed because of the rain over the weekend. Newsday's Chelsea Irizarry was there as the crowds rolled in.

Eyes on the sky, the Bethpage Air Show is back!

Poor weather made it unsafe to proceed with the Bethpage Air Show at Jones Beach State Park on Saturday, but that didn't stop Long Islanders from participating in other Memorial Day weekend activities. Chelsea Irizarry reports.

Poor weather dampens Memorial Day weekend

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Luke Harmon, 8, of East Setauket, was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder and his father said he didn't know how to communicate. That is, until Luke learned to express himself by building Legos.

'Really cool to see and know how far I've gotten'

Newsday food writer Erica Marcus talks with Pizzeria Undici owners about the inspiration behind their Massapequa pizzeria.

What makes this pizzeria 'old school'?

Newsday food writer Scott Vogel tries omakase, the Japanese restaurant experience in which the diner leaves their meal entirely up to the chef.

Trying Sora Omakase in Stony Brook

Waterdrinker's annual Tulip Festival is now at two locations. Newsday's Rachel Weiss reports from Riverhead.

'We're almost at full bloom'

At Huntington's Project Prom, students got to pick out free dresses, suits, ties and shoes to help cut costs. Newsday family writer Beth Whitehouse reports. 

'There's so many to choose from'

Newsday food writer Andi Berlin visits Won KBBQ, a family-owned, all-you-can-eat Korean barbeque restaurant in Carle Place.

Inside Won KBBQ in Carle Place

The Friendly's on Hawkins Avenue in Ronkonkoma closed for good this week, joining a half-dozen other shuttered locations from Levittown to Middle Island.

Friendly's in Ronkonkoma serves its last sundae

One Trick Pony is a women-owned coffee cafe in Westhampton Beach.

Inside Westhampton Beach's One Trick Pony

Fans of Melissa Gorga were lined up along the street for the grand opening of Gorga's Huntington boutique. Newsday's Rachel Weiss reports.

'I always said I wanted a store on Long Island'

Sansone Market in Garden City Park is turning out some of Long Island's top pizza at the hands of Auggie Russo. Food writer Erica Marcus explores the offerings. 

'I don't just have to be awake to be thinking about pizza'

Adventureland in Farmingdale adds two new rides as part of its 2024 season. NewsdayTV's Steve Langford reports. 

'Really scary, but fun'

From guidance counselor to restaurant owner: Nelly Mourelle employs people with autism at her empanada shop in West Babylon. NewsdayTV's Virginia Huie reports.

Empanadas with a purpose

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The Bethpage Air Show returns, Splish Splash reopens and summer fun begins Memorial Day weekend.