2026 MEMORIAL DAY EVENTS
2026 MEMORIAL DAY EVENTS
Fri, May 22 – Fenwick Island – 5:30pm – Memorial Day Ceremony at Town Park. Reflections from the Delmarva Leathernecks Foundation, patriotic songs by the Phillip C. Showell Elementary School chorus, and a trumpet performance of “Taps.
Sat, May 23 – Bear – 10am – Memorial Day Service – Delaware Veterans Memorial Cemetery on the Parade Field
Sat, May 23 – St Michaels – 10:30am Memorial Day parade. Over 50 exhibits including military and veteran groups, and classic cars! The parade is in remembrance of those who gave the ultimate sacrifice for our freedoms and values.
Sun, May 24 – Ocean City – 1-2pm. Firefighters Memorial at North Division St & Boardwalk. Mayor Rick Meehan and Brig. Gen. Joed Carbonell-López, a 229th Maryland Army National Guard Band performance, and skydivers parachuting down to deliver the American Flag
Sun, May 24 – Georgetown – 1:30pm – The Circle in Georgetown. The Keynote speech from retired Lieutenant Colonel John Fisher, US Amy. A Blue Hen graduate from Seaford, he served in Iraq, Afghanistan and Mali. A pilot, he was also Commandant of the Delaware OCS Academy. Laying of Memorial wreathes, music, rifle salute. https://www.wgmd.com/sussex-county-memorial-day-service-on-the-circle-in-georgetown-sunday-may-24/
Mon, May 25 – Milford – 10:30am – Memorial Day Ceremony at Milford HS. A community gathering to remember and honor 250 years of ultimate sacrifice
Mon, May 25 – Lewes – 11am Canal-side Memorial Day tribute parade from @ 3rd St & Savannah Road to American Legion Post 17. There will be a community ceremony at Post 17 after the parade – @1pm
Mon, May 25 – Rehoboth Beach – 11am – Commemoration of fallen US service members with American Legion Post 5 at the Bandstand
Mon, May 25 – Long Neck – 11am Sussex AMVETS Post 2 will hold a Memorial Day Ceremony at 11am. Remember and Honor – lunch will be served after the ceremony. All are welcome
Mon, May 25 – Ocean Pines – 11am – Memorial Day Ceremony at the Veterans Memorial Park at Ocean Pines
Mon, May 25 – Salisbury – 11am – Memorial Day Ceremony at the Wicomico War Veterans’ Memorial at the Wicomico Civic Center. (Midway Room if bad weather).
Mon, May 25 – Harrington – 11am – American Legion CKRT Post 7 – Memorial Day Ceremony at Hollywood Cemetery. Luncheon following the Ceremony
Mon, May 25 – Ellendale – 1pm – Annual Memorial Day Service at the War Memorial to recognize the Ellendale residents who have served their country and “Gave All.”
Mon, May 25 – Dover – 2pm – Memorial Day Ceremony at the Kent County Veterans Park on South Little Creek Road in Dover. Keynote address by US Army Nurse Rhona Prescott, served in Vietnam in 1967-68