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Friday, June 11, 2021
Cicero’s SAL Team Bowls to First Place
Results of the Annual New York State American Legion Family Bowling Tournament are now available.
Hosted by American Legion Post 219 of Malone, the tournament took place over four weekends in April and May at Lucky Strike Lanes, 36 Woodward Street, Malone.
Cicero Post’s SAL Team #1 took top honors. The team included Dietrick Roberson, Doug Engle, Joe Pitre, and Rich Cohen
Lucky Strike Lanes provided the results in four different categories:
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Thursday, June 10, 2021
Governor Announces Sampson As Pick for First State Veterans Cemetery
Sampson Veterans Memorial Cemetery, located at the site of the former Sampson Naval Training Station and Sampson Air Force Base in Romulus, Seneca County, has been chosen by a state-appointed committee as the site of New York’s first State Veterans Cemetery.Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced the decision on Memorial Day. The action brings New York one step closer to establishing a permanent, sate-owned resting place to honor the service and sacrifice of New York’s brave veterans and their family members. Governor Cuomo announced his commitment to establish New York’s first State Veterans Cemetery on Veterans Day 2019 and included this important goal in his 2020 State of the State agenda.
“Our promise has always been to establish a permanent monument to these heroes and provide their family members — and people from across the state—a place to visit and honor their memories, and this site selected in Romulus is the perfect location for a sacred, final resting place. It’s an honor to establish the first state cemetery to honor homegrown heroes and I look forward to seeing the site open for New Yorkers and their families. read more »
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Wednesday, June 09, 2021
Newly Ordained Priest to Be Erie County Chaplain
Front Row from left: Joseph Porempski, James Bojanowski, Father Michael Johnson, Gary Wald, Thomas O’Connell, and Bill MIskell. Second Row from left: Nelson Oldfield, Tom Deinzer, Fred Pask, Anthony Solina, John Siefert, and Jake Schu. Photo by Marlene Oldfield.
Members of the Erie County American Legion attended the first mass of newly ordained Catholic priest Michael Johnson on Sunday June 6, 2021, Erie County Adjutant Jim Bojanowski reports.
Father Johnson is 1st vce commander of Depew Post 1528 and will be the Erie County Chaplain for the 2021-2022 American Legion year.
The Erie County American Legion purchased four liturgical vestments to mark the occasion and presented them after the mass.
Fr. Michael Johnson (3rd from left).
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Thursday, June 03, 2021
SAL Member’s Motto: ‘Find a need and fill it’
by The American Legion
In his nine years as a volunteer at Canandaigua, NY’s VA Finger Lakes Healthcare System, Gabe Cinquegrana has logged over 9,000 hours, doing everything from administrative work to using his musical talents to entertain veterans.
Those efforts earned Cinquegrana the VA’s 2021 National Male Volunteer of the Year Award.
A member of Detachment of New York Squadron 457, Cinquegrana is the Sons of The American Legion representative on the National Advisory Committee of the VA’s Center for Development and Civic Engagement,
He was honored with an event at Post 457 in Phelps, NY, on May 28. read more »
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Tuesday, June 01, 2021
Legionnaires Out in Force for Memorial Day Observances
Legionnaires Ed Jackson and Shawn McLennan render salutes during ceremonies in Utica.
More and more American Legion Posts across the state were able to return to Memorial Day traditions as pandemic restrictions eased.
Utica Post Commander Bill Sequin
In Utica, for example, Utica Post 229 Commander Bill Sequin and his Legionnaires led a pilgrimage of wreath-laying at eight war memorials around the city, joined by the Vietnam Veterans of America and the Military Order of the Purple Heart. Along the way, Utica Mayor Robert M. Palmieri and Congresswoman Claudia Tenney joined the tribute.
Larry Reilly
In Briarcliff Manor, members of American Legion Post 1054 not only gave tribute to service men and women who gave their all, but also honored long-time Post Commander Lawrence I. Reilly with a surprise presentation of a Commander’s Plaque and a “Paid-Up-For-Life” membership. Reilly is a 47-year member of the post and is in his 26th year as commander, Treasurer Mike Motta reported. ” In addition to his service to the American Legion, Larry has been a Chief, Deputy Chief, and top-responder for the Briarcliff Manor Fire Department.”
Not only did the annual American Legion Memorial Day Ceremony return to Boulevard Gardens, Woodside, Queens after a one-year hiatus due to COVID-19, but it also included honors for Vietnam vet Robert C. Piazza.
Robert C. Piazza
American Legion Post 1836 Commander Alan Armand Feuer reminded the audience that the zip code within Boulevard Gardens lost more soldiers than any other zip code across the country during the Vietnam War. “As we observe Memorial Day every year, families remember their fallen loved ones every day,” Feuer noted. “Children without parents, gold star mothers and fathers, spouses and siblings – they can still hear the voices of those that they lost. And it is up to us, to hear these families, offer support and express our highest gratitude”. read more »
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Friday, May 28, 2021
National Convention Info and More Forms Available
The American Legion will hold its 2021 National Convention in Phoenix, Arizona from August 27 to September 2, 2021.
Updates from National Headquarters and various forms (housing, delegates) are available here. A fillable housing form is now available as well as a convention waiver, which must be submitted.
The Arizona Grand is the hotel from the Department of New York delegation.
