Memorial Day reaches far beyond the opening of the summer season, and there are many traditions here associated with the national holiday. Tomorrow Island veterans of foreign wars will host a parade that begins at ten in the morning at the American Legion Hall in Vineyard Haven and ends at the Oak Grove cemetery where hundreds of flags will flutter in the May breeze. Following that the town of Tisbury will host its annual old-fashioned town picnic on the lawn overlooking lake Tashmoo. Happy Memorial Day to all Gazette readers near and far. Welcome to another Island summer.