From the May 24, 1974 edition of the Gazette: Memorial Day on Martha’s Vineyard is something more than a patriotic holiday, the occasion of the first of the season’s three long weekends, and a glowing festival of flowering trees and beach plums.
From the May 24, 1963 edition of the Vineyard Gazette by Joseph Chase Allen:
From the May 10, 1946 edition of the Vineyard Gazette by Elizabeth Bowie Hough: