Monday, May 31, 2021

HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY 2021 PLUS SOME LINKS YOU MAY ENJOY

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HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY 2021 AND SOME LINKS YOU MAY FIND OF INTEREST:

--TODAYS WEATHER, NEWS 12, CLICK HERE

--Village of Croton ceremony on Monday, May 27th at 11 am Veterans Corners.  The keynote speak will be Thomas Lepore, NYS VETERAN's NURSING HOME IN MONTROSE.  In case of inclement weather, the ceremony will be held at Holy Name of Mary.

---VIDEO, MUSIC, courtesy of Croton's Tom Faranda's Folly: Most recent Lee Greenwood version: "God Bless the USA" 

--Our fallen cops — along with US military veterans — deserve our gratitude....READ MORE HERE.

--THE BRONX, THE WEST FARMS SOLDIERS CEMETERY  https://nycemetery.wordpress.com/2020/01/30/west-farms-soldier-cemetery/

--2011 VIDEO, COURTESY OF TOM FARANDA'S FOLLY, MEMORIAL DAY 2011, CHRISTINE TURTURRO SINGS AMAZING GRACE https://tomfaranda.typepad.com/folly/2011/05/memorial-day-in-croton-2011-amazing-grace.html

--THIS MEMORIAL DAY, A NEW BIRTH OF FREEDOM, THE EPOCH TIMES; MORE HERE 

--1943, CROTON'S SGT ELKOF WIDOW RECEIVES HUSBAND'S POSTHUMOUS AWARDED PURPLE HEART https://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2021/05/1943-sgt-harold-eklof-purple-heart.html

--1945, MORE CROTON WARTIME LETTERS BACK HOME https://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2015/02/1945-more-croton-wartime-letters-back.html

--A LOOK BACK AT MEMORIAL DAYS PAST...COURTESY OF CROTON UNITED, A PHOTO ALBUM OF OVER 34 PHOTOS, FROM THE TOWN OF CORTLANDT MEMORIAL DAY SERVICES 2017 http://bit.ly/2rQJmsy

--COURTESY OF TOM FARANDA'S FOLLY; Memorial Day - bringing closure for families who lost relatives on WWII submarine; SEE MORE HERE

--SOME PHOTOS FROM THE 2014 CROTON MEMORIAL DAY SERVICE; CLICK HERE

--PHOTOS AND VIDEO FROM THE 2015 CROTON SERVICE http://bit.ly/1mrX8uY 

--BONUS---BLACK JACK LOGAN, THE FATHER OF MEMORIAL DAY http://tomfaranda.typepad.com/folly/2011/05/nice-feature-about-the-man-who-originated-memorial-day.html

--A CROTON MEMORIAL DAY 1972 http://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2015/05/a-croton-memorial-day-1972.html

--WASHINGTON ENGINE COMPANY 2016 MEMORIAL DAY SERVICE http://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2016/05/washington-engine-company-2016-memorial.html

--SEMPER FI, COURTESY OF TOM FARANDA'S FOLLY  https://tomfaranda.typepad.com/folly/2019/05/memorial-day.html

--EPHEMERAL NY; BODY OF FIRST SOLDIER KILLED IN THE CIVIL WAR, COMES TO CITY HALL 1861  https://ephemeralnewyork.wordpress.com/2021/05/31/the-body-of-the-first-union-officer-killed-in-the-civil-war-comes-to-city-hall/

--BROOKLYN'S 14TH REGIMENT ARMORY DAY AND NIGHT  https://ephemeralnewyork.wordpress.com/2021/05/31/brooklyns-14th-regiment-armory-day-and-night/

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