The Hyde Park Education Foundation is sponsoring its third Field of Honor® on Memorial Day weekend, May 28-30, 2022, on the lawn in front of the Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site, on Route 9 in Hyde Park. The Field of Honor will be a display of 200+ American flags, 3’ x 5’, mounted on 8’ poles. At the HPEF website, https://www.HydeParkEducationFoundation.org , flags can be purchased or dedicated; click on “Sponsor a Flag” Each flag purchased can be labeled in memory or in honor of a veteran, a fallen soldier, or anyone the buyer wishes to remember. If you or your business would like to make a sponsorship donation, please visit the website or send an email to HPEF12538@gmail.com for more information. Proceeds from this event will benefit the Hyde Park Education Foundation.

The Hyde Park Field of Honor opening ceremony will take place on Saturday, May 28, at 10:00 a.m.

There will be live, local entertainment and a kids’ tent for activities, crafts and games on Saturday, Sunday and Mondays . On Monday at 2:00 p.m.,after the Hyde Park Memorial Day Parade, FDR High School Music alumni will perform a concert on the Main Stage. All events at the Field of Honor® are free to the public, and open from 10:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.

The Hyde Park Education Foundation is a 501(c)3 non-profit group, whose mission is to provide financial resources to individual schools and district-wide programs and activities that encourage and enhance the educational opportunities and well-being of the students of the Hyde Park Central School District. Since its re-establishment in 2017, the HPEF has organized drives to collect donations for the Hygiene Closets at several of the Hyde Park Schools, raised money for Teacher Grants, which awarded over $10,000.00 to teachers for special programs in their classrooms, distributed more than $5000.00 to all the schools for "special projects", and began an annual Senior Scholarship of $1000. Visit the Hyde Park Education Foundation Facebook page or website for more information.