Memorial Day – The Cornwall Local

The origin of Memorial Day

May 20, 2020 Editorial Staff

Memorial Day was established a few decades after the Civil War in memory of those who lost their lives in the conflict.

Cornwall and the two World Wars

November 14, 2019 Ken Cashman

Cornwall’s parades on Memorial Day and Independence Day are planned events that result from months of preparation…

County has Memorial Day in fall

October 3, 2019 Ken Cashman

Orange County observes a second Memorial Day on Sept. 29 with a service at the Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Goshen. The date is significant. On Sept. 29, 1918, forty Orange County soldiers lost their lives as their units breached the Hindenburg Line.

Memorial Day – May 27, 2019

May 29, 2019 Ken Cashman

Scenes from Cornwall’s Memorial Day event.

Town restoring Civil War cemetery

May 10, 2019 Ken Cashman

The Town is restoring one of its oldest cemeteries — a burial place that not many residents have seen.

Crowd ignores rain on Memorial Day

June 1, 2017 Ken Cashman

Fire department receives marching trophies

October 16, 2015 Jason Kaplan

Cornwall Fire Department marched away with two trophies following the annual Orange County Volunteer Firemen’s Association parade held in Highland Mills last month.

Students reclaim Civil War cemetery

June 5, 2015 Ken Cashman

Every year, on the Saturday before Memorial Day, a volunteer from American Legion Post 353 trudges up White Horse Mountain and places flags at the graves of Civil War veterans. Except for the annual visit,

A look back at Memorial Day

May 28, 2015 Jason Kaplan

Historic Revolutionary battle coming to Cornwall

May 15, 2015 Jason Kaplan

Grab your muskets and bayonets and take a trip 236 years into the past for a re-enactment of the Battle of Stony Point.