- Village of Wappingers Falls Unit member Tyler Windheim, right, recently used his hobby as a way to pay tribute to our nation’s veterans. Windheim, a laborer for the village’s water department, used his talent for wood carving to create a majestic eagle situated outside Veterans of Foreign Wars William B. Wilson Post 666 in Beacon. Windheim’s father, Pete Windheim, is a member of Post 666 who approached his son to create something that could replace a prior monument that had fallen into disrepair. The result, a 250-pound eagle statue that is 13 feet high, with wings spanning eight feet, was dedicated during Post 666’s Veterans Day Ceremony on Nov. 11. Windheim is pictured here at the dedication with his father.
- The Long Island Veterans Committee holds their annual Veterans Day ceremony at Armed Forces Plaza in front of the Korean War monuments. Back, from left, Long Island Region Veterans Committee members Ed Hussey and Bill Parente. Front row, Veterans Committee Chair Maryann Phelps.
- Long Island Veterans Committee members and region activists recite the Pledge of Alligiance at a Veterans Day ceremony in Hauppauge.
- CSEA Long Island Region Veterans Committee member Vera McDowell, center, reads a passage during a Veterans Day ceremony in Hauppauge. At left is Long Island Judiciary Local President Larry Germano. Long Island Region 2nd Vice President Diane Hansen is at right.
- J.J. Kremm carries a ceremonial wreath during a Veterans Day ceremony in Hauppauge.
- From left, Western Region Veterans Committee members and region officers participate in a recent wreath-laying ceremony in Buffalo. From left, Richard Preischel Jr., Richard Preischel Sr, Bob Pyjas, committee Chair Amy Owczarczak, Western Region President Steve Healy, Western Region Executive Vice President Tim Finnigan and Erie County Local 1st Vice President Stephen Szymura. (Photo provided by Amy Owczarczak)