Please join us for this year’s Gold Star Families Day Recognition Ceremony, to be held on Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 1:00pm at Bartlett Pond Park in Middle Island. As those of you who have previously attended well know, this is a very poignant event, one of the few held on Long Island. This is …
Read More →We had a great turnout for our final America 250/Summer Concert on Saturday, August 22, 2026 at the Middle Island Fire Department HQ. Local historian Rob Robert Von Bernewitz gave a wonderful overview of the Battle of Long Island, including Artist Lake painter Alonzo Chappel’s painting, and the Benjamin Tallmadge Trail, which runs right through …
Read More →Get out your best tie dye tees and love beads for our final summer concert at the MIFD HQ picnic area on Saturday, August 22. Gates will open at 4:30 pm for some America 250 events and giveaways, and then Just Sixties will take the stage from 6-8pm. Learn about the Battle of LI in …
Read More →Our second free community concert of the summer was held at MIFD on Saturday, July 11th and featured some wonderful America250 events and the music of The Police/Sting cover band Synchronicity. Attendees heard young Patriot Fynn Grills read aloud the Declaration of Independence, voted for their favorite signer and had the opportunity to sign a …
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