05.27.2022 Editorial Shelter Island Reporter Editorial: Memorial Day 2022 This page applauded former President Donald Trump’s move to extricate U.S. Armed Forces from Afghanistan. And we applauded President Joe Biden for making the policy real, with a timeline,...
05.31.2021 Editorial Shelter Island Reporter editorial: Memorial Day 2021 This page has never agreed with former President Trump’s policies on practically anything. But his moves to extricate U.S. Armed Forces from Afghanistan is one we could applaud. And...
05.24.2019 Editorial Reporter Editorial: Memorial Day 2019 The significance of Memorial Day had faded because of the relative peace America was blessed with, lasting from the mid-1970s to the turn of the century. Since then, however,...
05.27.2018 Editorial Shelter Island Reporter Editorial: Memorial Day 2018 On Memorial Day 2009, President Barack Obama gave an eloquent eulogy for those who have died wearing American uniforms: “If the fallen could speak to us, what would they...
05.28.2017 Editorial Shelter Island Reporter Editorial: Memorial Day 2017 A few years ago a reporter from this paper on assignment to do a Memorial Day story, visited the Long Island National Cemetery in Farmingdale where those who fought...