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 few years before he passed, was the impetus for the Longwood Veterans Project and Monuments at Bartlett. We were honored to have Suffolk County Executive Ed Romaine and NYS Assemblywoman Rebecca Kassay speak and turn on the red, white and blue lights on our Remembrance Tree. Middle Island Fire Department volunteers placed wreaths at all eight monuments. Local Veterans in attendance were introduced and applauded by the crowd. To mark the 50th Anniversary of the Peace Pole Initiative, stones inscribed with the names of Longwood CSD’s most recent military enlistees were placed around the Peace Pole base near the entrance to the native walking trail of the park. May Peace Prevail on Earth, and may we never forget the sacrifices of Pearl Harbor and all our Veterans.
