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Friday, October 07, 2016
Legionnaires Honored as Living Legends
‘Will Never Turn My Back on Nation’s Colors’
Maj. Gen. Czerw
by Robert Stronach
UTICA — Maj. Gen. Russell Czerw (ret) presided at many funerals with flag-draped coffins.
It was always an honor to meet the family, get some insight into the fallen soldier, and then write a eulogy, he told the Oneida County Historical Hall of Fame banquet Oct. 5. It was also an experience of gut-wrenching emotion.
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Tuesday, October 04, 2016
Free Flu Shots for VA-enrolled Vets
Veterans who are VA patients can now go to their nearest Walgreens/Duane Reade pharmacy to get free flu shots.
Vets just need to bring their VA ID card and a downloadable flu shot voucher (va-flu-shot-voucher-2016-2017).
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Thursday, September 29, 2016
‘Saratoga WarHorse’ Featured in Legion Magazine
The Saratoga WarHorse alternative therapy program for veterans, founded by Legionnaire Bob Nevins, is featured is the September issue of American Legion Magazine.
Read the article here (PDF).
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Wednesday, September 28, 2016
New York Legion’s Scouting Program Wins Top National Award
Dept. Presents Scout of the Year Awards
The American Legion Scouting program in New York State is not only top notch, but is being recognized as perhaps the best in the country.
The National American Legion has awarded the coveted Frank N. Belgrano Jr. Trophy to the Department of New York for rendering “the most outstanding service” this past year “to the program of the Boy Scouts of America.”
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Monday, September 26, 2016
PIX 11 Spotlights New York’s Legionnaire of Year
New York City’s WPIX-TV spotlighted Department of New York Legionnaire of the Year Joseph Mondello of the Bronx.
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Thursday, September 22, 2016
Finishing as a Team at Patriot Highlander Challenge
By Mark Seavey
legion.orgThree miles doesn’t seem like all that long a distance, until you are running that far through the hilly countryside of Cobleskill, N.Y., with wounded veterans. The 13 obstacles spread out along the course at roughly quarter-mile intervals don’t make it any easier.
“We start as a team, and we’ll finish as a team, that’s all that matters.”
