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Thursday, December 12, 2013
Legion Sends 88 Boxes to Troops
WAYLAND — Theodore R. Van Tassel American Legion Post 402 in Wayland sent 88 care packages to soldiers and airmen overseas as part of its annual Hometown Heroes holiday spirit project involving the Wayland community and local 4-H members. read more »
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Tuesday, December 10, 2013
School Gets Flags, Thanks to Legion
Some students wanted to say the Pledge of Allegiance but the classrooms had no American flags.
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Saturday, December 07, 2013
Legionnaires Remember Pearl Harbor
ALBANY. — Joseph E. Zaloga Post 1520 in Albany was one of a number of American Legion Posts across the state to remember Dec. 7, 1941 — a date which President Franklin D. Roosevelt said “will live in infamy.”
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Friday, December 06, 2013
Schumer: Vets Not Aware of Tax Benefits
FRANKFORT — Many veterans are not applying for property tax benefits because they are not aware of them.
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Thursday, December 05, 2013
Veterans to Receive Cost-of-Living Increase
WASHINGTON – Veterans, their families and survivors receiving disability compensation and pension benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs will receive a 1.5 percent cost-of-living increase in their monthly payments beginning Jan. 1, 2014, announced Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki.