On Memorial Day, Monday May 26, 2025, the Strewing of Flowers ceremony will be held at Storer Park in Newport RI from 10:30 am to 11:00 am. The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 406 Newport invites the public to a special Memorial Day ceremony to remember and honor Service Members from all branches of the U.S. Military that have been lost at sea during peace and wartime. At 10:30 am Monday May 26 the public is invited to gather at the water’s edge in Storer Park (located at the corner of Washington Street and the Goat Island Causeway) to remember all those lost at sea in the service of their country. Following a Presentation of Colors, local leaders will reflect on those lost. Attendees will then cast flowers into Newport Harbor. Please arrive by 10:15 am as the formal ceremony will begin promptly at 10:30 am.
