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 …
Read More →Middle Island’s second free community concert, this time featuring The Police/Sting cover band Synchronicity, is set for this Saturday, July 11th at the MIFD HQ rear picnic area. Special America 250 pre-concert events: hear the Declaration of Independence read aloud by young Patriot Fynn Grills, decide: are you a Patriot or Loyalist, vote for your …
Read More →Perfect weather greeted the more than 100 concert goers on Saturday, June 13 at the MIFD HQ rear picnic area. Attendees got to meet Betsy Ross, vote on “Which Flag was First?” and “Chose Your Iconic Flag Moment” before enjoying the music of the Eagle River Band. Guitarist Paul Graf treated listeners to a George …
Read More →Save these dates: Come celebrate America 250 with us and hear some great music –for FREE! Each show will be preceded by semiquincentennial events; all are at the MIFD HQ on RT25 at 31 Arnold Dr in Middle Island, gates open at 4:30pm, concerts are from 6-8pm, and admission is free! Sat, June 13th: The …
Read More →A very rainy Memorial Day weekend ended on a high note as showers ended and the sun almost peeked though the clouds at Bartlett Pond Park on Monday, May 25 at 11am. Organizers of the 18th Annual Longwood Memorial Day Remembrance Ceremony had thought an abbreviated session might be needed, but the full program was …
Read More →Many thanks to the Town of Brookhaven Parks Department and our MI Civic planting group for the red, white and blue flowers at Bartlett Pond Park and Artist Lake. Kathy Stuck, Judy Cumiskey, Lydia Fusco and Gail Lynch-Bailey got all 18 pots planted on Friday! Check things out at our 18th Annual Memorial Day Remembrance …
Read More →Many thanks to all who attended our 13th annual Pearl Harbor Day Patriotic Tree Lighting Ceremony at Bartlett Pond Park on Sunday, December 7th, 2025, the 84th anniversary of the Date which will Live in Infamy. We displayed Jim Eagle’s burial flag – Jim’s story of surviving Pearl Harbor, as told to Longwood students a …
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