Just after 11 a.m. Saturday morning, people emptied out of stores and flooded the streets of Vineyard Haven as the Northeast Navy Marching Band marched down Main street. This Flag Day parade was held in honor of the 50th anniversary of the opening of Veterans Memorial Park.

Tonight’s full moon appears low in the southern sky. It rises in the southeast at sunset and remains to the south, setting tomorrow at sunrise in the southwest. The moon is between the zodiacal constellations Sagittarius and Scorpius, the two southernmost constellations in the zodiac.

Massachusetts law provides for a medical marijuana dispensary in Dukes County, but the U.S. Coast Guard says under federal law it won't permit marijuana to be transported to the Island by boat.

Coop De Ville is the unofficial headquarters for World Cup fever on the Island. The Oak Bluffs waterfront bar was a colorful scene Thursday during the opening match between Brazil and Croatia.

Today is Flag Day. A rededication of Veterans Park in Vineyard Haven begins when the Northeast Navy Marching Band steps off at 11 a.m. from St. Augustine’s Church. The park was bought and built by American Legion Post 257 in 1964.

Max Moran is still looking for his East Chop Light. John Alley in his top hat and tails, too. But Kelli, a nude painted on Lucy Vincent Beach, turned up at the Edgartown Second Hand Store. The plein air artist had other artwork stolen from his New York studio and is on a search and recovery mission.

Edgartown Golf Club is offering a new junior program on Thursdays to help youth learn to play golf and have fun in the process. The series will be offered by PGA professional Robbie Rush in a group environment.

One day next week citizens of the Island will look out over Vineyard Sound and watch as a striking vestige of our whaling heritage passes by.

Whether the whaleship Charles W. Morgan will sail into Tisbury Wharf on Wednesday, Thursday or Friday depends, fittingly, on the seas. Her final ceremonial voyage completes a journey that began in 1841 when she set sail from New Bedford for the first time with a Vineyard captain and seventeen Island crew members aboard.

It’s been a dry spring, so dry that even the handful of rain showers and downpours we’ve had in the past few days can’t wash away the dust and pollen that have been coating cars, kitchen tables and throats in recent weeks.

Farmers and landscapers are lugging hoses and irrigation equipment and turning on the water full blast at a time of year when it’s usually not needed so often. Lilacs and bridal wreath lost their blooms quickly this year — viburnum is lush right now but may fade just as quickly without more rain.

Saturday my father will walk me down the aisle. We will slow dance to Billy Joel, and as guests eat chocolate glazed donuts, I will witness the wonder through his eyes — brown like mine.