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Thursday, November 29, 2018
Norfolk Riders Plan Charity Ride in July to Benefit Ft. Drum Vets
NORFOLK, NY — The American Legion Riders of John Adams Jr. Post 925 in Norfolk will host their 14th annual motorcycle charity ride on Saturday, July 13, 2019. Proceeds of the 2019 Ride will benefit the 10th Mountain Division/Fort Drum Wounded Warrior Fund, a non-profit organization that assists Fort Drum veterans.
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Sunday, November 18, 2018
Legion Members Help Break Ground for African American Veterans Memorial
American Legion members from Jesse Clipper Post 430 were among those who helped break ground for a Buffalo memorial that will pay tribute to African American veterans. From left are: Rev. Eugene L. Pierce, past post commander; Perry Civils, post sgt.-at-arms; Erie County Adjutant Jim Bojanowski; Post Commander Paulette Woods; Paul Woods, WWII coordinator; State Assemblywoman Chrystal Peoples-Stokes; Henry Curtis, post adjutant and past post commander; and Deacon Michael Davis, post chaplain.
BUFFALO – Members of the American Legion participated in a groundbreaking ceremony on Nov. 9 for a memorial that will pay tribute to African American veterans in Western New York. The memorial at the Buffalo and Erie County Naval and Military Park will consist of 12 pillars representing 12 military conflicts in which African Americans fought, plus a brick foundation inscribed with names of the fallen.
Among the participants were members of Jessie Clipper American Legion Post 430, named after the first Buffalo African American to die in World War I.
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Monday, November 12, 2018
Legionnaires Turn Out in Force for NY City’s Veterans Day Parade
Department of New York leaders and members turned out in force for America’s Veterans Day Parade in New York City on Nov. 11. (Photos by Mario Cristaldi)
Department Commander Gary Schacher (2nd from left) poses with other New York Legion leaders prior to the start of the parade.
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Veterans Day in a mountaintop Italian village
by Robert Stronach
A New York legionnaire visiting Italy in November spent Veterans Day in a tiny mountaintop village called Tremensuoli. The village square offered a panoramic view of the Tyrrhenian Sea and the Apennine mountains. The bells of a thousand-year-old church peeled every 15 minutes. In the center of the piazza was a monument to those who endured suffering and the loss of freedom in World War II. The life-size statue of a woman, with arms spread wide, stood below a sculpture of a dove of peace flying through the rays of the sun. One of the woman’s hands reached up toward the dove while the other reached down, touching barbed wire.
