Memorial Day 2026: A Guide to Services Across Delmarva
DELMARVA – This year’s Memorial Day falls on Monday, May 25, and cities and towns across the Delmarva Peninsula are celebrating with various patriotic ceremonies spanning the holiday and the preceding weekend.
Check out this guide to this year’s ceremonies across the Shore. Happy Memorial Day from all of us at WMDT.
Dorchester County
- Downtown Cambridge Memorial Day Parade & Celebration: Monday, May 25, at 10:30 a.m. on Main Street (Memorial Service at Veteran’s Park following parade)
Kent County
- Felton VFW Memorial Day Service: Monday, May 25, at 10:00 a.m. at ODD Fellows Park
Sussex County
- Fenwick Island Memorial Day Ceremony: Friday, May 22, at 5:30 p.m. at St. Matthews by the Sea Methodist Church
- Flag Retirement Ceremony hosted by Georgetown American Heritage Girls Troop: Saturday, May 23, at 9:15 a.m. in Union Cemetery
- Ocean View VFW Flags for Heroes Event: Saturday, May 23, at 11:00 a.m. at VFW Post 7234
- Post 17 American Legion Day or Honor & Remembrance: Sunday, May 24 at 12:00 p.m. at the Millsboro Veterans Cemetery
- Sussex County Memorial Day Service: Sunday, May 24, at 1:30 p.m. at The Circle in Georgetown
- Delaware Veterans Home Memorial Day Ceremony: Monday, May 25, at 10:00 a.m.
- Milford Memorial Day Ceremony: Monday, May 25, at 10:30 a.m. at Milford High School
- Laying of the Wreath Ceremony Honoring Woman Veterans: Monday, May 25, at 8:45 a.m. at the Bandstand
- Rehoboth Beach Memorial Day Ceremony: Monday, May 25, at 11:00 a.m. at the Bandstand
- Lewes Memorial Day Veterans Tribute Parade: Monday, May 25, at 11:00 a.m. on Schley Avenue
- Ellendale Memorial Day Service: Monday, May 25, at 1:00 p.m. at War Memorial
Talbot County
- St. Michaels Memorial Day Parade: Saturday, May 23, at 10:30 a.m. at Perry Cabin Park
Wicomico County
- Memorial Day at Parsons Cemetery: Monday, May 25, at 8:00 a.m.
- Wicomico County Memorial Day Ceremony: Monday, May 25, at 11:00 a.m. at the Wicomico War Veterans’ Memorial (located in front of the Wicomico Civic Center)
Worcester County
- Pocomoke City’s Stars, Stripes, and Sacrifice: A 4th Friday Celebration: Friday, May 22, from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Market Street
- Town of Ocean City Memorial Day Ceremony: Sunday, May 24, at 1:00 p.m. at the Firefighters Memorial (located at North Division Street and the Boardwalk)
- Ocean Pines Memorial Day Ceremony: Monday, May 25, at 11:00 a.m. at the Veterans Memorial in Ocean Pines
- Berlin Memorial Day Parade: Monday, May 25, at 11:00 a.m. on Flower Street
WMDT will continue to update this list.
