J. Leo Glynn Award: Veterans’ Hall of Fame Year: 2005 J. Leo Glynn has earned a place among New York State’s elite veterans with his honorable service in the U.S. Navy and his outstanding efforts to improve his community as […]
John Patrick Tipping Award: Veterans’ Hall of Fame Year: 2005 Inductee was nominated by Former Senator Michael A. L. Balboni John Patrick Tipping is deserving of a place among New York State’s most outstanding veterans for his more than three […]
Richard Smith Award: Veterans’ Hall of Fame Year: 2005 Richard Smith, who was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor in 1865, is deserving of a place among New York State’s elite veterans for heroic and gallant service to his country […]
Daniel Bush Award: Veterans Hall of Fame Year: 2005 Daniel Bush earned numerous medals for his meritorious service in Operation Silver Wake in Albania and other operations conducted while serving on the USS Nashville and as a member of […]
Peter Holowecki Award: Veterans’ Hall of Fame Year: 2005 Inductee was nominated by Former Senator Michael A. L. Balboni Peter Holowecki of Mineola, having honorably served in the U.S. Army from 1952 to 1954, has distinguished himself with more […]
William A. Baxter Sergeant Sergeant William A. Baxter Award: Veterans’ Hall of Fame Year: 2005 Inductee was nominated by Former Senator Michael A. L. Balboni William A. Baxter has earned a place among New York State’s elite veterans through […]
Anthony Casamento Award: Veterans’ Hall of Fame Year: 2005 Anthony Casamento, having distinguished himself with uncommon valor and gallantry on the field of battle, earned a place among the elite veterans of New York State as a recipient of the […]
Sunday, November 11th/Monday 12th. One century ago today, history’s bloodiest war to date ended after more than four years of slaughter. The Veterans Day holiday was conceived as Armistice Day to honor the 4.7 million Americans who served — and […]
“Duty, Honor, Country. Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be.” — Douglas MacArthur Veterans Day 2018 was on Sunday, November 11th, 2018 and designated as a Federal Holiday […]
Presidential Proclamation on Veterans Day, 2018 On November 11, 1918, the United States and its allies signed an armistice with Germany to end hostilities in World War I. The Great War exacted a tremendous toll on our Nation. More than […]
Rendering Honors for Forgotten Soldiers in West Farms Square by David Greene Memorial day came and went and little honor or attention was paid to the 40 soldiers buried in the 200 year-old West Farms Soldier Cemetery, at East 180 […]
500 Vets Identified During Memorial Day ‘Flagging’ at Woodlawn Cemetery by David Greene Some 250 volunteers spent the week before Memorial day on the painstakingly, daunting task of locating the more than 7,000 members of the U.S. Military who are […]
I was particularly moved to learn that Amtrak trains collectively sound their horns at exactly 3:00 pm every Memorial Day.
The James J. Peters VA Medical Center is having a memorial service on this Sunday, April 22 at 1:30 PM honoring and celebrating all veterans who passed away between October 2017 and April 2018. The James J. Peters VA Medical […]
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