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Despite the rainy weather and cancellation of the Freeport Memorial Day parade, the community insisted on honoring America’s fallen on Monday.
At Freeport High School, on South Brookside …
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By Nadya Nataly
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6/1/17
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The walls of the Our Holy Redeemer Roman Catholic Church in Freeport echoed tolling bells during the ninth annual Pre-Memorial Day Remembrance Service. Generations of veterans extending from World …
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Julie Loney
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5/26/17
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The lawns around Rockville Centre may be looking a lot more patriotic in the coming days.
In anticipation of Memorial Day, the St. Agnes Cathedral choirs commemorated the service and sacrifice …
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By Brian Kacharaba
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5/18/17
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Dozens of war veterans, elected officials and residents from Lynbrook, East Rockaway and their surrounding communities came out on May 7 to support the second annual Run for Heroes 5K, hosted by Assemblyman Brian Curran.
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By Mike Smollins
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5/17/17
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On April 17 the Nassau County chapter of the Korean War Veterans Association celebrated its 25th anniversary at Ayhan’s Shish Kebab in Baldwin.
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By Brian Stieglitz
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4/20/17
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Outside, it may have been drizzly and cold, but inside, spirits were high on March 31, as politicians and business executives cut the ribbon on the new NYCB Live Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale. Billy Joel was set to officially open the arena — which underwent a 16-month-long, $165 million remodeling funded by Forest City Ratner Companies — on Wednesday, after press time.
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By Stephany Reyes and Scott Brinton
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4/10/17
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Outside, it might have been drizzly and cold, but inside spirits were running high among officials on Friday as they cut the ribbon on the new NYCB Live Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, revamped at a cost of $165 million in private funding by Forest City Ratner Companies. Billy Joel will open the remodeled Coliseum on April 5.
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By Scott Brinton
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3/31/17
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On March 8 at 7:30 p.m., the Lynbrook New Vision Party, Lynbrook Republicans Club and the office of Assemblyman Brian Curran will host a guest bartender night at the VFW on Merrick Road. The guest bartenders will be members of the Lynbrook Village Board. All proceeds will benefit the Lynbrook Moms’ and Dads’ Club, which promotes athletic excellence in the community.
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3/1/17
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Raymond Cody, a 75-year-old Wantagh resident, was a 20-year-old seaman on the USS Noa on Feb. 20, 1962 when astronaut John Glenn returned to Earth after orbiting the planet three times during the height of the Space Race with the Soviet Union. Although his team was assigned to the recovery flotilla, Cody never expected to see the capsule come down from the sky and splash into the Atlantic Ocean, cheer as Glenn climbed out onto the deck of the destroyer and bear witness to a significant moment in American history.
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By Julie Mansmann
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2/22/17
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The U.S. Army Transport ship Dorchester was attacked by a German U-boat along a strip of the Atlantic Ocean commonly referred to as “Torpedo Junction” on the morning of Feb. 3, 1943. As the American transport ship sank, four chaplains with different ideological and spiritual beliefs sang hymns, and provided hope and life jackets offering their own to others in need to the crew and passengers of the doomed vessel.
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By Julie Mansmann and Daine Taylor
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2/15/17
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