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Hundreds of people of all ages gathered under gloomy skies to honor and thank veterans for their service during Elmont Post 1033’s annual Veterans Day parade last Friday.
Several elected …
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By Ana Borruto
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11/17/22
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There are just two federal holidays each year acknowledging — and thanking — the brave men and women of the U.S. armed forces for their service to our country.
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11/10/22
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s plan to allow U.S. veterans to teach in Florida classrooms is a terrific concept — if and when the veterans earn bachelor’s degrees and complete teacher training programs.
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8/11/22
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In the waning weeks of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln realized that sooner rather than later, the tens of thousands of Union soldiers returning from the battlefield would be forced to fend for themselves.
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4/21/22
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Recently I joined the Nassau County Legislature’s majority caucus, veterans groups and County Executive Bruce Blakeman to announce the creation of a program to provide grants of up to $10,000 to every eligible veterans hall in the county.
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By Bill Gaylor
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4/14/22
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The Franklin Square Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2718 is holding a ceremony at Rath Park on Veterans Day, Nov. 11, to honor U.S. veterans.
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By Robert Traverso
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11/4/21
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Students at H. Frank Carey High School in Franklin Square honored hometown World War II veteran Eleanor Rizutto on Oct. 1 by making her hundreds of cards and presenting her with red, white and blue flowers marking her 100th birthday, which she celebrated on Sept. 28.
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By Robert Traverso
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10/13/21
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Nine local World War II veterans flew to Washington, D.C., last Sunday to visit the monument on the National Mall dedicated to veterans of the war.
The trip was organized by Honor Flight Long Island, a nonprofit founded in 2004 that has flown nearly a quarter of a million American veterans to the nation’s capital at no cost to them. The organization was created by a veteran who wanted to send his brothers and sisters in arms to see for themselves the memorial dedicated to them for their service.
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By Robert Traverso
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10/8/21
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Memorial Day events will take on new urgency this year as a kind of collective anti-insurrection rally.
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5/27/21
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Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum will become a Covid-19 vaccination site, County Executive Laura Curran announced over the weekend.
“We’re focused on continuing to ramp up our …
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By Scott Brinton
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3/7/21
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