Boy Scout Troop 3 Supports the L.I. Workers’ Memorial Day Service

Troop 3, Smithtown, honors workers who lost their lives due to workplace injury and illness.  Each year on April 28th, The Long Island Workers’ Memorial Day Committee organizes a memorial service dedicated to the memory and honor of those Long Island workers who have died due to a workplace injury or illness.

On April 12th, the Troop conducted a community service cleanup project on the Workers’ Memorial Square located in front of the New York State Office Building in Hauppauge.  The square is a tranquil, landscaped garden.   Over 30 scouts and adults leaders worked on the square to get it ready for the service.    In addition, the Troop presented the colors and led the Pledge of Allegiance at the memorial service held on April 28th.

Representatives from the Long Island Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO, OSHA, CSEA, and IBEW Local 25 made presentations.  Four candles were lit in honor of lost love ones and a fifth candle was lit in memory of unknown workers who lost their lives.   A special dedication was made to honor William “Bill” Lindsay for his extraordinary leadership in Long Island’s labor movement and his devotion and dedication to the health and safety of all working people.