Thursday, November 29, 2012

2012 PEARL HARBOR CEREMONY TO BE HELD IN CROTON

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FROM THE VILLAGE: 2012 Pearl Harbor Day Ceremony--Croton’s Central Veterans Committee will be hosting the annual Pearl Harbor Day ceremony this year. It is held in Croton on a rotating schedule with the Town of Cortlandt and Village of Buchanan. The ceremony will be in the Community Room of the Municipal Building on Friday, December 7 at 5 pm. All are invited to attend. Refreshments will be served.

Click on the photos below to see some Pearl Harbor ephemera and photos from private local collections, all rights reserved:

1943, private collection

4 comments:

  1. Great stuff. Thanks Maria. John C

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  2. From the son of a WW2 Marine Corps veteran, thanks. We still won't forget

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  3. Leave it to EverythingCroton and Maria to have such great photos like this let alone a photo from the last time this was held in Croton. GREAT site. Thank you for ALWAYS remembering our veterans.

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    1. Thank you for your kind words. It's more than a little disconcerting, when visiting some other communities, to see no remembrance at all, or at best, a token note in the papers. This WAS THE GREATEST GENERATION.

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