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THANK YOU ALL AGAIN FOR, UH, OUR MEMORIAL DAY SERVICE.
FOR OUR PARTY MEMBERS, WE, UH, DEPUTY CHIEF GAG FOR THE MEMBERS WHO DIED IN LINE DUTY FOR THE DEPARTMENT, FRANCIS MILLER, JUNE 10TH, 1962 AND JUNE FOUR, SIX, RIVERVIEW MATTER THE LADDER.
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HELLO, UH, GOD BLESS OUR UNITED STATES TWO, UH, HOUSEKEEPING CHORES.BEFORE WE BEGIN, UH, PHOTOGRAPHS, WE ARE GONNA BE HAVING SOME, UH, OFFICERS BEING SWORN IN.
FAMILIES ARE MONO, VERY LOW KEY.
AS MANY PHOTOGRAPHS AS YOU WOULD, UH, WE'LL BE DOING A GROUP PHOTO AT THE END.
UH, WHEN THERE, THERE'S ALSO AN AWARD PORTION OF THIS CEREMONY.
YOUR LOVED ONE IS RECEIVING AN AWARD.
UH, WE ARE A LITTLE SHORT STAFFED TODAY.
UH, THREE OFFICERS HAVE BEEN EXCUSED FROM THIS DETAIL.
SERGEANT JESSE FERRERA, SERGEANT CHRIS SERRANO AND POLICE OFFICER BRANDON KING.
WELCOME TO THE HASTINGS ON HUDSON POLICE DEPARTMENT'S INSPECTION AWARD CEREMONY.
WE ARE HERE TODAY TO CELEBRATE THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND WE ARE ALSO WANT TO HONOR AND REMEMBER THE BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY.
MEMORIAL DAY IS A SOLEMN OCCASION, A DAY OF REFLECTION AND GRATITUDE, BUT ALSO ONE OF UNITY AS WE COME TOGETHER AS A NATION TO EXPRESS OUR DEEPEST RESPECT.
FOR THOSE WHO HAVE MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE.
LET US PAUSE FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR THOSE WHO MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE DEFENDING OUR COUNTRY AS WELL AS REMEMBERING THE DECEASED MEMBERS OF THE HASTINGS ON HUDSON POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO CALL FATHER CRAWFORD TO PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM AND SAY AN OPENING PRAYER.
KENNEDY, BY YOUR HEADS ALMIGHTY GOD, AS WE GATHER TODAY, TO CELEBRATE AND TO RECOGNIZE EXCELLENCE IN THIS AWARD CEREMONY OF THE HASTINGS POLICE DEPARTMENT TO SEEK YOUR GUIDANCE AND BLESSINGS, WE GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGE THE TALENTS AND ACHIEVEMENTS AND PREPARE PEERS AND COLLEAGUES AND REQUEST YOUR INSPIRATION TO MARK THEIR PATH TO ONGOING SERVICE.
LORD, PROTECT THEM FROM ALL HARM.
DESTROY THEM EACH DAY SAFELY TO THEIR FAMILIES, THAT YOUR WISDOM BE MANIFESTED IN THEIR ACTIONS.
AND FINALLY, WE ASK YOUR BLESSING, LORD, FOR THE PROUD FAMILIES, FRIENDS, AND ALL HERE PRESENT, JOIN US AS WE JOIN TOGETHER IN GIVING THESE RECIPIENTS PROPER RECOGNITION FOR THEIR SERVICE.
CAN EVERYBODY HEAR ME? NO, THIS IS A WRAP, SO YOU KNOW, BEAR WITH ME.
UH, LET ME INTRODUCE SOME SPECIAL GUESTS AND DIGNITARIES PLEASE.
UH, WELCOME FATHER CRAWFORD ST.
MATTHEW, OUR LADY OF POTENTIAL HEALTH CHURCH, RABBI ED SCHECHTER OF TEMPLE PE SHAONE.
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MY RIGHT HAND PERSON IS ALWAYS THERE FOR ME.VILLAGE MANAGER MARY BETH MURPHY, VILLAGE CLERK ANTHONY CONSTANTINE IS THERE FOR ME.
MAYOR NIKKI ARMCO IS THE GREATEST.
UH, MORGAN EK DID SEND HIS, UH, REGRETS THAT HE COULD NOT ATTEND.
HE TELEPHONED ME AND WE WISH HIM THE BEST.
UH, POLICE OFFICER, POLICE COMMISSIONER SANDY SSON, THANK YOU FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, FIRE CHIEF MIKE GUNTHER, RON GAGLIARDI, UH, FIRE CHIEFS, JOHN LINDER FRANKA AND NICK CALLIS ARE ESCORTING OUR TROOPS INTO THE VILLAGE.
THANK YOU FOR ALL, UH, FOR ATTENDING AND YOUR SUPPORT OF THE HASTINGS ON HUDSON POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO MAKING THIS DAY POSSIBLE.
THE HASTINGS ON HUDSON DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS, THE HASTINGS ON HUDSON PARKS AND RECREATION.
LISA O'REILLY, OUR NEWLY DESK OFFICER, RAPHAEL IAN, UH, JIM METZKER WHO WILL BE TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH AND OF COURSE JEN CORSO.
THANK YOU JEN, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO.
WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS? THANK YOU CHIEF, FOR INCLUDING ALL OF US IN THIS VERY SPECIAL EVENT, AND THANK YOU TO ALL THE MEMBERS OF OUR POLICE FORCE AND ALL OF THEIR FAMILIES FOR YOUR MANY YEARS OF SERVICE.
THOSE OF YOU WHO WE ARE INDUCTING TODAY, WE HOPE THAT YOU ARE WITH US FOR MANY, MANY YEARS TO COME AND, UH, ALL OF US APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU DO AND THE TIME YOU TAKE AWAY FROM YOUR FAMILIES TO BE IN SERVICE TO ALL OF US.
SO THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTS.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE YONKERS POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UH, THEY ARE HELPING US OUT WITH WALLS, WHY WE ARE HERE.
I ALSO LIKE TO THANK ALL THE FAMILY MEMBERS HERE AND FRIENDS HERE TODAY.
WE OFTEN TALK ABOUT POLICE DEPARTMENTS BEING A FAMILY, AND THAT'S TRUE, BUT THE TRUTH IS, IT EXTENDS BEYOND THE WALLS OF THE STATION.
IT INCLUDES ALL OF YOU WHO STAND BEHIND YOUR LOVED ONES WITH UNWAVERING FAITH AND STRENGTH.
YOUR ROLE MAY NOT INVOLVE WEARING A UNIFORM, BUT IT IS NO LESS NOBLE.
SO TODAY, FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTS, WE SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SACRIFICES.
YOU'RE PATIENT, YOUR LOVE AND YOUR COURAGE.
YOU ARE THE SILENT STRENGTH BEHIND THE BADGE AND OUR COMMUNITY IS BETTER, SAFER, AND STRONGER BECAUSE OF YOU.
TO THE PARENTS OF OUR OFFICERS, THANK YOU FOR RAISING MEN AND WOMEN OF CHARACTER, COMPASSION, AND COURAGE.
YOU GAVE THEM THE VALUES THAT NOW SERVE OUR COMMUNITY EVERY SINGLE DAY.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK LIEUTENANT ROBERT GAGLIARDI FOR ALL HIS EFFORTS AND THE WORK HE PERFORMS. HE WEARS MANY HATS IN THIS ORGANIZATION AND DOES AN OUTSTANDING JOB BESIDES HEARING ME COMPLAINT, THANK YOU TO SERGEANT THOMAS O. SULLIVAN, SERGEANT JESSE FERRERA, SERGEANT CHRISTOPHER SERRANO, AND SERGEANT EMILIO ROJAS.
YOU ARE THE KEY MEMBERS OF THIS DEPARTMENT.
YOU OBSERVE AS THE DIFFICULT ROLE OF ACTING, THE GO BETWEEN, BETWEEN PATROL OFFICERS, YOU SUPERVISE THE PUBLIC AND MANAGEMENT.
THANK YOU TO DETECTIVE SERGEANT JUSTIN RE AND DETECTIVE PETER MYERS FOR YOUR EFFORTS.
YOU WEAR MANY HATS IN THIS ORGANIZATION AS WELL AND DO OUTSTANDING WORK TO THE CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES OF THIS DEPARTMENT FOR PARKING ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, THE CROSSING GUARDS AND THE METER REPAIRMAN.
IT TAKES A SPECIAL PERSON TO PERFORM THESE DUTIES AND LET'S NOT FORGET THEY
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ARE OUTSIDE IN ALL DIFFERENT WEATHER CONDITIONS.A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE HASTINGS ON HUDSON POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THE HASTINGS ON HUDSON POLICE DEPARTMENT IS MORE THAN JUST A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
IT IS A CORNERSTONE OF THE COMMUNITY.
IT IS MADE UP OF HIGHLY TRAINED OFFICERS WHO ARE COMMITTED TO PROTECTING AND SERVING THE COMMUNITY, BUILDING TRUST, AND FOSTERING RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE RESIDENTS THEY SERVE.
THEY ARE NOT JUST OFFICERS IN UNIFORM, THEY ARE NEIGHBORS, THEY ARE MENTORS AND FRIENDS.
WHETHER IT'S THROUGH NEIGHBORHOOD PATROLS, SCHOOL PROGRAMS, OR OUTREACH EVENTS, OUR OFFICERS MAKE IT A PRIORITY TO CONNECT WITH THE RESIDENTS OF THIS VILLAGE.
ON A PERSONAL LEVEL, THE UNWAVERING DEDICATION TO COMMUNITY POLICING IS ONE KEY OF THE STRENGTHS OF THIS DEPARTMENT, BUT PERHAPS WHAT TRULY SETS THIS DEPARTMENT APART FROM OTHERS IS ITS COMPASSION.
OUR OFFICERS ARE COMMITTED NOT TO ONLY MAINTAINING ORDER, BUT SHOWING EMPATHY IN MOST OF THE DIFFICULT OF SITUATIONS.
WHETHER THEY ARE ASSISTING RESIDENTS IN CRISIS, HELPING RESOLVE A DOMESTIC DISPUTE OR OFFERING SUPPORT IN TIMES OF A TRAGEDY.
THE HASTINGS ON HUDSON POLICE DEPARTMENT DEMONSTRATES THE VERY BEST OF WHAT THE PUBLIC SERVICE CAN BE, DEDICATION, RESPECT, AND DEEP CARE FOR THE WELLBEING OF EVERY INDIVIDUAL IN OUR VILLAGE.
THE HASTINGS ON HUDSON POLICE DEPARTMENT IS ALSO KNOWN FOR ITS COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE.
OUR OFFICERS UNDERGO RIGOROUS TRAINING AND CONTINUALLY UPDATE THEIR SKILLS TO HANDLE COMPLEX CHALLENGES OF MONITORING, POLICING FROM TRAFFIC SAFETY TO EMERGENCY RESPONSE.
THE DEPARTMENT'S PREPAREDNESS AND PROFESSIONALISM ENSURE THAT WE ARE ALWAYS READY TO RESPOND WHEN NEEDED.
AS WE LOOK INTO THE FUTURE, WE KNOW THAT THE HASTINGS ON HUDSON POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE PILLAR OF STRENGTH AND SUPPORT IN OUR COMMUNITY.
WITH ONGOING EFFORTS TO ENHANCE TRAINING STRENGTH IN COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS AND UPHOLD THE HIGHEST ETHICAL STANDARDS, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL REMAIN A TRUSTED AND VITAL PART OF WHAT MAKES THIS VILLAGE A SPECIAL PLACE TO LIVE.
LIVE TO THE OFFICERS OF THE HASTINGS ON HUDSON POLICE DEPARTMENT, LET ME EXPRESS HOW HONORED I AM TO BE YOUR CHIEF OF POLICE AND STAND HERE TODAY BEFORE YOU, THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY, AGAIN WITH DEDICATION, INTEGRITY, AND COURAGE.
IN A WORLD THAT OFTEN FEELS CHAOTIC, CHAOTIC, YOUR COMMITMENT TO PROTECTING AND SERVING STANDS AS A BEACON OF HOPE.
AND FOR THAT, I WANT TO PERSONALLY THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM.
AS OFFICERS OF A SMALL DEPARTMENT, YOU FACE UNIQUE CHALLENGES THAT LARGER DEPARTMENTS DON'T ALWAYS ENCOUNTER.
YOU ALSO WEAR MANY HATS, POLICE OFFICER, COUNSEL, MEDITATING, MEDIATOR, I'M SORRY, PROBLEM SOLVE.
AND YOU DO IT ALL WITH THE LIMITED RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO YOU.
YOU ARE OFTEN THE FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE IN A MOMENT OF CRISIS AND YOU DO SO WITH RESILIENCE AND PROFESSIONALISM.
I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE WEIGHT THAT THIS RESPONSIBILITY CARRIES.
THERE ARE LONG SHIFTS, DIFFICULT DECISIONS, AND AT TIMES, MOMENTS WHEN YOU FEEL UNSEEN OR UNDERAPPRECIATED, PLEASE KNOW THIS, YOUR EFFORTS MATTER.
EVERY TIME YOU STEP ONTO THE STREET, YOU ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN SOMEONE'S LIFE.
WHETHER IT'S THROUGH PREVENTING A CRIME, PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO SOMEONE IN NEED, OR SIMPLY BEING A PRESENT THAT MAKES THE COMMUNITY FEEL SAFER.
IN A SMALL DEPARTMENT, YOU'RE MORE THAN JUST COLLEAGUES.
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YOU ARE A TEAM.YOU KNOW EACH OTHER NOT ONLY AS OFFICERS, BUT AS PEOPLE.
YOU UNDERSTAND THE INCRE FEES OF YOUR COMMUNITY AND YOU BUILD RELATIONSHIPS THAT GO BEYOND THE BADGE.
THE MANY WAYS YOU ARE THE BACKBONE OF THIS TOWN AND YOUR ABILITY TO CONNECT WITH PEOPLE YOU SERVE IS WHAT TRULY SETS YOU APART.
BUT WITH THAT DEEP CONNECTION TO COMMUNITY COMES WITH A GREATER SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY.
THE TRUST THAT CITIZENS PLACE IN YOU IS SOMETHING WE MUST ALL GUARD WITH THE UTMOST RESPECT.
TRUST IS NOT GIVEN LIGHTLY AND IT IS EARNED THROUGH ACTIONS, THROUGH CONSISTENCY, AND THROUGH TREATING EVERY INDIVIDUAL WITH FAIRNESS, DIGNITY, NO MATTER WHAT THE CIRCUMSTANCES ARE.
IN TIMES OF DIFFICULTY, I URGE YOU TO LEAN ON EACH OTHER.
I KNOW THAT IN A SMALLER DEPARTMENT THERE'S A SENSE OF CAMARADERIE THAT'S HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE, BUT IT'S THAT VERY BOND THAT WILL GET YOU THROUGH THE TOUGH MOMENTS.
WHETHER IT'S A CHALLENGING CALL AND OR AN EMOTIONAL TOLL THAT THIS WORK CAN TAKE SOMETIMES TAKE ON YOU, BE THERE FOR EACH OTHER, SUPPORT EACH OTHER AND REMEMBER THAT NO ONE HERE IS ALONE.
I ALSO WANT TO REMIND YOU TO TAKE CARE OF YOURSELVES, THIS PROFESSION AND TAKE A TOLL ON YOUR MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH.
MAKE SURE TO FIND TIME FOR REST.
BE SURE TO SPEND TIME WITH YOUR FAMILIES AND FOR YOUR, FOR YOUR OWN WELLBEING.
YOU CAN'T GIVE THE BEST TO THE COMMUNITY IF YOU'RE NOT TAKING CARE OF YOURSELF FIRST.
FINALLY, I WANT TO LEAVE YOU WITH THIS THOUGHT.
THE WORK YOU DO TODAY ECHOES IN THE LIVES OF THOSE YOU SERVE TOMORROW.
THE DIFFERENCE YOU MAKE IN SOMEONE'S LIFE, EVEN IN THE SMALLEST WAYS, CAN CHANGE THEIR COURSE OF DAY, THEIR FUTURE, AND SOMETIMES THEIR ENTIRE LIFE.
IT MAY NOT BE ALWAYS OBVIOUS IN THE MOMENT, BUT YOU ARE SHAPING THE FUTURE OF THIS COMMUNITY WITH EVERY ACTION, EVERY WORD AND EVERY INTERACTION.
THANK YOU FOR THE SACRIFICES YOU MAKE, THE RISKS YOU TAKE AND THE LOVE THAT YOU SHOW FOR THIS COMMUNITY.
PROTECTING, SERVING AND INSPIRING OTHERS TO DO THE SAME.
AND REMEMBER, YOU ARE APPRECIATED.
YOU ARE VALUE, AND YOU ARE NEVER ALONE.
AT THIS POINT, WE'LL BE ENTERING THE AWARDS PORTION OF THE PROGRAM, BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT, WE'D LIKE TO SWEAR IN SOME OFFICERS.
I WOULD LIKE TO CALL SERGEANT EMILIO ROJAS TO PODIUM.
PODIUM PI SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION, UNITED STATES, UNITED STATES, CONSTITUTION, CONSTITUTION, STATE.
UH, YEAH, WE'LL TAKE A COURT ORDER HERE.
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POLICE OFFICER AARON SANO.AND FINALLY, POLICE OFFICER RYAN KEYS, CONGRATULATIONS TO EMILIO AND PETER AND WELCOME AARON AND RYAN.
AS YOU WOULD SOON HEAR, THERE HAVE BEEN MANY INSTANCES OF SUCCESS.
THERE HAVE NOT BEEN, THERE HAVE BEEN AN ABUNDANCE OF EXCITING ARRESTS, HEROIC RESCUES, AND ENDURING INVESTIGATIONS, BUT IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER NOT THOSE TYPES OF CALLS THAT MAKE OUR DEPARTMENT AN OUTSTANDING ORGANIZATION.
IT IS THE ROUTINE CALLS IF THERE IS SUCH A THING AND HOW PROFESSIONALLY HANDLED THAT SEPARATES TIES POLICE DEPARTMENT FROM OTHERS.
ALTHOUGH ROUTINE CALLS DO NOT GET HONORED AT AN AWARD CEREMONY, THEY ARE OFTEN THE ONLY CONTACT A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY MAY HAVE AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THEY ARE APPRECIATED AND REMEMBERED.
OFFICER KEVIN BARRY, BRANDON KING IS EXCUSED.
ON JULY 9TH, 2024 AT APPROXIMATELY 3:07 PM OFFICERS BARRY AND KING WERE DISPATCHED TO 1 0 9 SOUTH SIDE AVENUE ON A REPORT OF A MANNING CARDIAC ARREST.
UPON ARRIVAL, THE OFFICERS ENCOUNTERED FIRE CHIEF JOHN LINDER PERFORMING CPR.
THE OFFICERS WORKED TOGETHER WITH THE CHIEF LINDER, WITH CHIEF LINDER AND TOOK TURNS PERFORMING CPR AND RESCUE BREATHING TO THE MAN UNTIL THE EMS AND PARAMEDICS ARRIVED ON THE SCENE.
UPON ARRIVAL AT THE SCENE, THE GREENBERG PARAMEDIC GAVE TWO SHOCKS ON THE A ED.
SHORTLY THEREAFTER, THE SHOCKS WERE ADMINISTERED, A PULSE WAS REGAINED AND THE MAN WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE WESTCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER FOR THEIR ACTIONS THAT DAY.
WE PRESENT OFFICER BARRY AND KING WITH A LIFESAVING AWARD, SERGEANT EMILIO ROJAS, OFFICER KEVIN BARRY AND OFFICER THOMAS GUNTON ON SEPTEMBER 6TH, 2024.
AT APPROXIMATELY 11:43 AM ALL THREE OF THESE OFFICERS WERE DISPATCHED TO 87 MAIN STREET ON A REPORT OF A MAN WHO WAS
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UNRESPONSIVE BUT BREATHING UPON ARRIVAL, OFFICER GUNTHER NOTICED THE MAN WAS NOT BREATHING AND ASKED CALLER FOR ASSISTANCE REMOVING THE MAN FROM THE VEHICLE HE WAS SEATED IN.CPR WAS STARTED IMMEDIATELY AND AN A ED WAS CONNECTED TO THE MAN.
AFTER THE A ED ADVISED NO SHOCK, THE OFFICERS CONTINUED CPR AND RESCUE BREATHING.
AFTER A FEW MINUTES, A PULSE WAS REGAINED.
THE MAN BEGAN BREATHING ON HIS OWN.
THE MAN WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE WESTCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER BY EMS WITH AN ESCORT FOR THE SAME SPRINGBROOK PARKWAY BY THE OFFICERS.
THE MAN IS ALIVE TODAY FOR THEIR ACTIONS THAT DAY REPRESENT SERGEANT ROJAS, OFFICER BARRY AND OFFICER GUNTHER FOR THE LIFESAVING AWARD.
OFFICER SARAH HUGHES AND OFFICER STEPHANIE MINOR.
PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM ON MAY 8TH, 2025.
AT APPROXIMATELY 9:25 AM OFFICER HUGHES AND MINOR WERE DISPATCHED TO A REPORT OF A MAN WHO WAS HAVING TROUBLE BREATHING.
UPON ARRIVAL, THE OFFICERS NOTICED THE MAN WAS SWEATING PROFUSELY, PALE, AND SUSPECTED THAT THE TROUBLE BREATHING WAS CARDIAC RELATED.
OFFICERS UPDATED HEADQUARTERS.
SHORTLY AFTER THE MAN LOST HIS CONSCIOUSNESS AND OFFICERS IMMEDIATELY INITIATED C-P-R-E-M-S AND GREENBURG PARAMEDICS ARRIVED ON THE SCENE.
A FEW MOMENTS LATER, THE GREENBERG PARAMEDIC ATTACHED THEIR A DD AND ADMINISTERED TWO SHOTS TO THE MAN.
THE MAN REGAINED A PULSE PRIOR TO TRANSPORT TO THE HOSPITAL WITH THEIR ACTIONS THAT DAY.
WE PRESENT OFFICER HUGHES AND MINOR THROUGH THE LIFESAVING AWARD OFFICER THOMAS GUNTHER AND OFFICER KEVIN BARRY ON FEBRUARY 2ND, 2024 AT APPROXIMATELY 7:49 AM OFFICERS, BARRY AND GUNTHER WERE DISPATCHED TO THE ZINZER COMMUTER PARKING LOT ON A REPORT OF TWO MASK MEN BY A WHITE VAN WHO WAS TAKING WHEELS OFF A VEHICLE.
WHILE PO BARRY WAS EN ROUTE TO THE LOCATION, P GUNTHER REPORTED THAT THE VAN WAS LEAVING THE SCENE NORTHBOUND ON SOUTH SIDE AVENUE.
P BARRY OBSERVED THE VAN WITH NO FRONT LICENSE PLATE BEING OPERATED ON WAL BURTON AVENUE.
OFFICER BARRY THEN INITIATED A TRAFFIC STOP ON WAL BURTON AVENUE WHILE SPEAKING TO THE OPERATOR.
POLICE OFFICER BARRY NOTICED THE WHEELS IN PLAIN VIEW BEHIND THE PASSENGER SEAT OF THE VEHICLE.
OFFICER GUNTHER WENT ITS MIRROR LOCKED AND CONFIRMED THE WHEELS WERE MISSING, FOUND A BLACK ACURA ALL FEET, FOUR WHEELS MISSING.
AFTER CONFIRMING THE MISSING WHEELS, HE A OFFICERS ASKED BOTH THE DRIVER, THE PASSENGERS TO STEP OUT OF THE VEHICLE WHILE THE PASSENGER STEPPED OUT.
A SOCKET FELL OUT OF THE VEHICLE.
POLICE OFFICER BARRY THEN CHECKED THE WHEELS IN THE BACK AND CONFIRM THEY WERE FROM AN ACTOR.
BOTH THE OPERATOR AND PASSENGER WERE PLACED UNDER ARREST WHILE DOING AN INVENTORY OF THE VEHICLE.
A STOLEN LICENSE PLATE IS ALSO LOCATED FOR THEIR ACTIONS THAT DAY.
WE PRESENT OFFICERS BARRY AND GUNTHER WITH A MERITORIOUS SERVICE AWARD.
LIEUTENANT ROBERT GAGLIARDI, DETECTIVE SERGEANT JUSTIN LIA,
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SERGEANT ADAMDETECTIVE LAUREN BROWN OF THE WESTCHESTER COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT.
DETECTIVE JOHN BLAKE, THE YONKERS POLICE DEPARTMENT AND DETECTIVE CHRIS URBAN OF THE YONKERS POLICE DEPARTMENT.
IF THEY'RE HERE, PLEASE COME TO THE ON MAY 11TH, 2024.
AT APPROXIMATELY 5:23 AM THE HASTIES ON HUDSON POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS ALERTED OF AN ARMED HOLD INVASION, WHICH HAD JUST OCCURRED AFTER TAKING THE INITIAL REPORT AND PROCESSING THE CRIME SCENE.
AN INTENSE AND I COLD INTENSE INVESTIGATION COMMENCE ON JUNE 26TH, 2024 AFTER HOURS AND I COUNTLESS HOURS OF INVESTIGATION WITH THE HELP OF THE WESTCHESTER COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT AND WITH THE HELP OF THE YONKERS POLICE DEPARTMENT, AN INDIVIDUAL WAS CRIME CHARGED WITH THIS CRIME AND MOST OF THE PROPERTY THAT WAS STOLEN WAS RECOVERED.
THEIR ACTIONS THAT DAY REPRESENT THESE OFFICERS WERE MERITORIOUS SERVICE AWARD.
THANK YOU, DETECTIVE SERGEANT JUSTIN PAT, DETECTIVE PETER MYERS, OFFICER BRANDON KING AND OFFICER WILBER MANDO.
PLEASE REPORT TO THE PODIUM ON MARCH 1ST, 2025 AT 7:30 PM OFFICERS KING AND MALALA WERE DISPATCHED TO AN APARTMENT ON BROADWAY WHERE THE RESIDENTS SAW SOMEONE IN THEIR APARTMENT WHILE THEY WERE AWAY ON VACATION, THE OFFICERS CONTACTED THE SUPER OF THE BUILDING WHO GRANTED THEM ACCESS TO THE APARTMENT.
WHEN THE OFFICERS ENTERED, THEY OBSERVED THE BURGLARY TOOK PLACE AND SECURED THE SCENE.
WHILE ON THE SCENE WITH THE DETECTIVE DIVISION, THEY WERE DISPATCHED TO ANOTHER APARTMENT ON BROADWAY WHERE A RESIDENT REPORTED HIS FRONT DOOR WAS LOCKED FROM THE INSIDE AND HE WAS UNABLE TO ENTER THE APARTMENT.
OFFICERS DISCOVERED ANOTHER BURGLARY TOOK PLACE AT THAT LOCATION AS WELL.
AFTER ANOTHER INTENSE INVESTIGATION, WHICH INCLUDED UP TO SIX OTHER JURISDICTIONS, THE SUCCESSFUL ARREST OF TWO PERPETRATORS OCCURRED WERE MORE THAN 10 BURDENS WERE THEIR ACTIONS.
THAT WHAT DAY AND IN THE WEEKS THAT FOLLOWED, WE PRESENT THESE OFFICERS WITH AM MERITORIOUS SERVICE AWARD.
THAT CONCLUDES OUR AWARD PORTION OF THE CEREMONY.
I'D LIKE TO INVITE EVERYBODY WE HAVE SOME LUNCH AND HAVE SOMETHING TO EAT AND THEN ENJOY THE MEMORIAL DAY PARADE AGAIN.
WELCOME ONE AND ALL TO THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON 2025 MEMORIAL DAY PARADE.
THANK YOU ALL FOR TURNING OUT TODAY IN HONOR AND REMEMBRANCE OF THOSE WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE IN DUTY AND SERVICE TO THIS COUNTRY.
LET'S ALL GIVE OUR APPRECIATION TO LISA O'REILLY AND HER STAFF AT THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND REC FOR THEIR GREAT EFFORTS IN DECORATING OUR DOWNTOWN IT FITTING TO THIS MEMORIAL DAY PARADE AND VETERANS OF FOREIGN WAR.
JAMES DAILEY POST 200 ANNUAL MEMORIAL SERVICE
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AND WE ARE STARTING A PARADE THIS YEAR WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT MOTORCYCLE CORPS.LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, HASTINGS ON HUDSON FINEST, THE HASTINGS ON HUDSON POLICE DEPARTMENT.
HASS POLICE CHIEF DAVE SEN, BRIANNA GUARD, SERGEANT THOMAS O. SULLIVAN.
DETECTIVE PETER MYERS, POLICE OFFICER SARAH HUGHES, POLICE OFFICER JOE BARI.
THIS YEAR'S GRAND MARSHALL PROUDLY DRIVEN IN THE CAR BY KATHY SODERSTROM.
JOSE FRES GRAND MARSHALL OF THIS YEAR IS HASTINGS ON HUDSON MEMORIAL DAY PARADE IS A 77-YEAR-OLD UNITED STATES ARMY VETERAN.
IN ADDITION TO HIS TWO YEAR DRAFT OBLIGATION, HE ALSO SERVED 14 MONTHS WITH THE 2 72 MILITARY POLICE COMPANY, THE FIGHTING DEUCE AND NOT TRAINED VIETNAM FROM 1968 TO 1969.
AFTER SERVING IN THE ARMY, JOSE ENTERED THE PUBLISHING FIELD AND WORKED AS A DRAFTSMAN COLLEGE.
TEXTBOOK DESIGNER AND ART DIRECTOR.
JOSE SAID HE'S HUMBLE AND PROUD TO SERVE HIS GRAND MARSHALL AND THE HASTINGS ON HUDSON MEMORIAL DAY PARADE.
ALONGSIDE HIS LOVING FAMILY, FRIENDS AND HASTINGS NEIGHBORS TO HONOR AND ESPECIALLY NEVER FORGET ALL OF AMERICA'S FALLEN WAR HEROES.
MEN ARE 2025 HASTINGS POPPY GIRL.
PROUD, DRIVEN A CAR BY KRISTA BENEDETTO.
SUMMER DUNN WILL BE FOUR YEARS OLD NEXT MONTH SHE ATTENDS BELLA MOUNT PRESCHOOL IN VIRGINIA BEACH.
VIRGINIA LOVES ANIMALS IN NATURE, ESPECIALLY PLAYING WITH HER DOGS SUPER AND DUDLEY.
HER MOM, SARAH FRANKLIN DUNN AND HER DAD, CHIEF PETTY OFFICER BRIAN DUNN ARE BOTH FROM STEIN NOW THE 2025 MEMORIAL DAY PARADE.
TRIBUTE TO PARK CORKY SODA STRUM.
CORKY DEDICATED MUCH OF IT LIFE TO THIS VILLAGE IN SO MANY HEARTFELT WAYS AS A POLICE SERGEANT 22 YEARS WITH THE HASTI POLICE DEPARTMENT AS A VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER AT THE EMT WITH OUR VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT IN AMBULANCE STORE.
CORKING THIS BEAUTIFUL 1964 CHEVY POWER CONVERTIBLE.
PARTICIPATED IN NEW YORK CITY'S TICKET, A TAPE PARADE HONORING THE WORLD SERIES CHAMPION METS AND HAVING FEATURED MOVIES AND ALWAYS STORED IN OUR STREETS AS THE DROVE DROVE HER ON THE VILLAGE, CORKY WAS PARTICULARLY PROUD OF THE OPPORTUNITY EVERY YEAR TO ESCORT FOR THE MEMORIAL DAY PARADE POPPY GIRL.
THIS YEAR WE HONOR CORKY, WE HONOR HIM WITH THE ATTENDANCE OF ALL AS POPPY GIRLS WHO RUMBLED DOWN THE MAIN STREET TO WAR AVENUE RIDING SAFELY IN THE BACK SEAT OF CORKY AND PAULA LIKE YOU SEE HERE TODAY.
AND THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT PUT OUT THE CALL FOR PAST POPPY GIRLS TO ATTEND TODAY.
THEY RECEIVED OVER A DOZEN RESPONSES BOTH RECENT AND FURTHER BACK.
TWO OF THOSE GIRLS, GRACE DRAKE AND CHARLOTTE LEE SERVED AS CO POPPY GIRLS IN 2018.
AND WERE ALSO CLOSE FRIENDS WITH CORKY.
I'D LIKE TO CALL GRACE AND CHARLOTTE TO THE MICROPHONE.
HI, MY NAME IS GRACE AND MINE IS HONOR THE COFFEE GIRL HERE TODAY.
HI, MY NAME IS GRACE AND MY NAME IS CHARLOTTE.
WE'RE HONORED TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE COFFEE GIRLS HERE TODAY.
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WE HAVE NON CORKY OUR WHOLE LIVES.CORKY HAS BEEN A FRIEND TO US, OUR SIBLINGS AND PARENTS.
IT WAS LIKE A FATHER TO MY FATHER TO DRAKE.
WE KNOW THAT CORKY HAS TOUCHED COUNTLESS LIVES THROUGH HIS CAREER AS A POLICE OFFICER AND HERE AND HERE IN THE COMMUNITY HE GREW UP IN.
WE CALL CORKY HALF OUR FRIENDS.
WE HAVE MANY H AFTER AT THEIR HOUSE.
WE HAVE BEEN TOGETHER ON MANY SPECIAL OCCASION AS A FAMILY TODAY WE POPPY GIRLS PAST AND PRESENT WOULD LIKE TO HONOR CORKY FOR HIS DEDICATION TO OUR TOWN WE HONOR FOR US AND MAKING EVERY RIDE AND HIS RED CONVERTIBLE UNFORGETTABLE.
THANK YOU CORKY FOR ALWAYS BEING THERE FOR US AND WE HOPE YOUR 1964 CHEVY IMPALA REMAINS A PART OF THE POPPY GIRL TRADITION.
WE ALSO LIKE TO THANK POST PERSONAL FRIEND HAITIANS NAME RETIRED F AND Y LIEUTENANT AND LEGEND MEMBER UNIONTOWN HOST CHRISTA BENEDETTO FOR HONORING CORKY THE VILLAGE AND THIS YEAR'S PUPPY GIRLS BY DRIVING CORKY 64.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE YONKERS MILITARY BAN LED BY FRANK CARDONE WILL NOW PAY TRIBUTE TO THE US ARMED FORCES, THE SONGS OF THE COAST GUARD, ARMY, NAVY, AIR FORCE AND MARINES.
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THANK YOU YOKO'S MILITARY BAND AND LET'S GIVE A WARM WELCOME TO REAR ADMIRAL CARL LATTE COMMANDER, THE NAVY REGION MID ATLANTIC SAILORS FROM THE USS NEW YORK USS CONSTITUTION, UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS SECOND MARINE EXPEDITIONARY UNIT AND SAILORS FROM THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD USS CALHOUN VETERANS ARE FOREIGN ROWERS POST 200 COMMITTED BY A COMMANDER BENNEY, THE JAMES DAILEY POST 200 VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.VFW IS NAMED IN HONOR OF JAMES DAILEY OF WORLD WAR I HASTINGS.
RESIDENT KILLED IN ACTION POST WAS FOUNDED IN 1919.
MEMBERSHIP IS LIMITED TO THOSE VETERANS OF ALL OUR, OUR FORCES HAVE SERVED IN A COMBAT ZONE.
THEY CONTINUE TO SERVE UNDER THE DEAD BY HELPING THE LIVING AND EDUCATING PROGRAMS SUCH AS SERVING VETERANS AT THE MONTROSE VA HOSPITAL CEMETERY TRACK PLACEMENT, THE VETERANS GRAVE WITH BOY SCOUTS AND GIRL SCOUTS MEMORIAL DAY PARADE AND CEREMONY AND VETERANS DAY PROGRAM AT THE MEMORIAL BUILDING FOLLOWED BY AMERICAN LEGION POST COMMANDER 1 1 9 5 COMMANDER RICHIE PESHY, AMERICAN LEGION ADMIRAL FARGATE POST 1 1 9 5.
IT'S LOCATED AT 2 1 5 FARGATE AVENUE, MS CHARLOTTE 1938 AND MEETINGS ARE HELD ON THE FIRST WEDNESDAY OF EACH MONTH.
WE HAVE THE SONS OF THE AMERICAN LEGION POST 1 1 9 5 COMMANDED BY BRIAN HILLY, THE SONS OF AMERICAN LEGION SQUADRON 1 1 9 5
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PART OF THE AMERICAN LEGION FAMILY OF ORGANIZATIONS, ALL MALE DESCENDANTS, THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED IN THE ARMED FORCES SINCE 1941 ARE ELIGIBLE TO JOIN THE SONS OF THE LEGION AND WE HAVE THE AUXILIARY AMERICAN LEGION POST 1 1 95 PRESIDENT BARBARA KENNEDY.THE AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY IS THE WORLD'S LARGEST WOMEN'S PATRIOTIC SERVICE ORGANIZATION WITH NEARLY THREE QUARTERS OF A MILLION MEMBERS AND MORE THAN 8,000 UNITS IN COMMUNITIES NATIONWIDE.
THE AUXILIARY LEGION SERVES NEARLY 1 MILLION VETERANS EVERY YEAR RIGHT HERE IN HASTINGS.
WE CONTINUE TO HELP MITIGATE OUR VETERANS CHALLENGES AND DELIVER UPON OUR MISSION BY ORGANIZING MULTIPLE EVENTS AND FUNDRAISERS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
AND JOINING US NOW ARE ELECTED OFFICIALS, CONGRESSMAN GEORGE LATIMER, SENATOR MAJORITY LEADER OF NEW YORK STATE SENATE.
ANDREA STEWART COUSINS, ASSEMBLING WOMEN, NEW YORK STATE MARY JANESKY, OUR COUNTY EXECUTIVE KEN JENNINGS, OUR COUNTY DEPUTY EXECUTIVE RICHARD WISHNEY, OUR COUNTY LEGISLATIVE.
DAVID ANN, OUR SUPERVISOR FROM THE COUNTY.
GREENBERG PAUL FINE, COUNCILWOMAN TOWN.
GREENBERG ALLEN HENDRICKS, COUNCILMAN CHEEN, COUNCILMAN JOY HABER AND COUNCILWOMAN GINA JACKSON IN OUR OWN, LET'S WELCOME MAYOR NICOLA ACOS.
TRUSTEE THOMAS DRAKE, TRUSTEE DOUGLAS ALLGOOD, OUR VILLAGE MANAGER MARY BETH MURPHY AND OUR VILLAGE CLERK AND TREASURER CONSTANT.
ANTHONY CONSTANTINE, YOU WITH US.
ALSO THE HASTINGS ON HUDSON SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION REPRESENTING HASTINGS ON HUDSON TRUSTEES KAATH, MARIN DEMARTINO, ALEX DEL PAZ, MAUREEN LENON SANTANA AND SYLVIA ROBLES, THE HORSE AND REVOLUTIONARY HASTINGS.
HERE COMES MACRO HORSE AND THE PETER POST EXPRESS REPRESENTING HASTINGS REVOLUTIONARY WAR HISTORY.
THANK YOU TO BILL LOGAN FOR REFURBISHING THE 19TH CENTURY CARRIAGE AND TO MAX HANDLER, JIM MARTIN OF THE BRONX SEQUESTERING CENTER, THE COMMITTEE OF HASTINGS HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
THEY FOCUS ON THE HISTORY OF THE BATTERS OF EDGARS LANE AND IN THE CONTEXT OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.
MAKE SURE TO VISIT THE HASTINGS HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND THE REVOLUTIONARY WALK IN WAGNER PARK TO LEARN THIS LOCAL HISTORY AND SEE THE PURPLE HEART PANEL DEDICATED TO VETERANS THAT WE HONOR TODAY.
THANK YOU REVOLUTIONARY HASTINGS.
AND HERE'S NELLIE BARRY AND THE VOLUNTEERS OF THE HASTINGS HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
VISIT THEM UP AT THE OBSERVATORY COTTAGE IN DRAPER PARK ON MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS FROM 11 TO TWO.
DON'T MISS THE CURRENT EXHIBIT MADE IN HASTINGS THAT GOES OVER INDUSTRIAL PAST THE SCHOOL BOARD.
LET'S HEAR IT FOR THE HASTINGS MOTHERS CLUB.
SUPPORTING OUR COMMUNITY SINCE 1914 FOUNDED DURING WORLD WAR I, THE HASTINGS MOTHERS CLUB IS THE OLDEST, OLDEST PHILANTHROPIC ORGANIZATION IN HASTINGS CLUB.
GIVES HOLIDAY GIFTS TO FAMILIES IN NEED AND STEPS UP DURING WORLD II TO DISTRIBUTE SHOES TO THE NEEDY.
OVER THE YEARS THE CLUB HAS EVOLVED TO MEET THE CHANGING NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
ALWAYS FINDING NEW WAYS TO SUPPORT LOCAL KIDS AND FAMILIES.
TODAY THE CLUB SUPPORTS YOUTH ADVOCATE PROGRAMS WHILE ALSO REWARDING SCHOLARSHIPS TO HASTINGS HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS WHO DEMONSTRATE A PASSION FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE IN 2024.
THEY'RE PROUD TO PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS TO DESERVING STUDENTS TO HELP THEM CONTINUE THEIR EDUCATION.
THE HASTINGS MOTHERS CLUB IS HERE FOR HASTINGS YESTERDAY, TODAY AND TOMORROW
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AND LET'S HEAR IT FOR BOOKS.THE FRIENDS OF THE HASTINGS PUBLIC LIBRARY, FRIENDS OF THE HASTINGS PUBLIC LIBRARY RAISE MONEY FOR MEMBERSHIP TO BOOK SALES AND OTHER EVENTS TO PROVIDE FUNDS TO UPDATE THE LIBRARY'S COLLECTIONS AND FACILITIES ENRICH PROGRAMMING AND EXPAND SERVICES FOR ALL LIBRARY PATRONS.
THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY PRESENT THEIR ANNUAL GALA.
ONCE UPON A MUSICAL ANYTHING GOES COCKTAIL PARTY, CABARET AND ANNUAL AND SILENT AUCTION.
PLEASE JOIN FOR THIS SPECIFICATION.
TICKETS ON SALE AT THE LIBRARY AND ONLINE AND ROLLING UP WE HAVE ELLO REAL ESTATE.
THE ELLO TEAM AT COMPASS HAS BEEN A PROMINENT NAME IN WESTCHESTER REAL ESTATE FOR ALMOST 90 YEARS.
ESTABLISHED AND STILL ON MAIN STREET WHERE ALL OF OUR AGENTS HAVE LIVED IN HAITIANS FOR DECADES AND ARE COMMITTED TO CONTINUING THE LONG REALO TRADITION OF SERVING OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY.
AND HERE THEY ARE, THE HASTINGS GIRL, SCOUTS F BROWNIES, DAISIES, PAC NUMBER ONE AND BOY SCOUT CH TWO OF HASTINGS, THE HASTINGS GIRL SCOUT.
BRIANS AND DAISIES INCLUDE 182 GIRLS AGES KINDERGARTEN THROUGH 12TH GRADE AND OVER 60 ADULT VOLUNTEERS.
CUB SCOUTS PACK ONE AND HASTINGS IS CHARTERED BY THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA SINCE THEIR FORMATION.
1935 THE FIRST REFORMED CHURCH AND HASTINGS HAS SPONSORED CUB SCOUTS ARE FAMILY FRIENDLY PROGRAM LED BY ADULT VOLUNTEERS AND CHILDREN IN KINDERGARTEN THROUGH FIFTH GRADE.
THE BOY SCOUTS TROOP TWO WAS CHARTERED IN 1915 AND IS 109TH YEAR.
NOW WE HAVE HASTINGS REC BASKETBALL LED BY COMMISSIONER JERRY HOPEWOOD AND THE HASTINGS.
JOHN HUDSON LITTLE LEAGUE PRESIDENT JOSH TILLIS.
THE HASTINGS LITTLE LEAGUE IS A VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION.
HASTINGS WE PROVIDE ORGANIZED IS STRUCTURAL BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL FOR OVER 250 CHILDREN FROM APRIL THROUGH JUNE.
IN ADDITION, THEY SPONSORED TRAVELING BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL TEAMS THAT PLAYED THROUGHOUT WESTCHESTER COUNTY THROUGH JUNE AND OCTOBER.
HERE'S A BASKETBALL TEAM STAND BASKETBALL YOU TAKE BASKETBALL.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, YOU LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE HASTINGS SOUTH SIDE SOCIAL AND ATHLETIC CLUB LED BY PRESIDENT RICHARD MADIGAN, THE HASTINGS SOUTH SIDE SOCIAL AND ATHLETIC CLUB.
ONE OF THE OLDEST NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS IN WESTCHESTER CHARTERED 1939 WILL CELEBRATE ITS 85TH ANNIVERSARY THIS OCTOBER.
HE'S GOVERNED BY 11 ELECTED OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES WHO ARE MARCHING IN WHITE CHURCHS.
THE GOLD STAR REPRESENTS THE 113 SOUTH SIDE CLUB MEMBERS WHO SERVED OUR NATION AND FOUR WHO DID NOT COME HOME.
THE CLUB IS VERY ACTIVE IN COMMUNITY AFFAIRS AND HAS THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF AMERICANISM AMONG ITS MEMBERS GEORGE.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE HASTINGS HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION IS FOUNDED
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IN OCTOBER, 2000 AS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT FEDERAL CORPORATION.THIS ALL VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION IS CELEBRATING ITS 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF PROVIDING SCHOLARSHIPS TO GRADUATING SENIORS.
IN 2025, THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION EXPECTS TO AWARD $30,250 IN SCHOLARSHIPS.
YOU COULD BECOME A MEMBER FOR JUST $25 ANNUALLY AND HELP THEM CONTINUE THE HASTINGS HIGH SCHOOL WINNING TRADITIONS GO YELLOW JACKETS.
NOW APPROACHING THE DIXIE GAME FAN.
LET'S HEAR LADIES AND GENTLEMEN FOR HASTINGS ON HUDSON BRAND, THE HASTINGS ON HUDSON VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT LED BY CHIEF OF DEPARTMENT.
MICHAEL GUNTHER, FIRST ASSISTANT CHIEF JOHN LINNER.
SECOND ASSISTANT CHIEF FRANK DEZA.
THIRD ASSISTANT CHIEF NICHOLAS TALL HASS ON HUDSON FIRE DEPARTMENT ENTERPRISE OF PROTECTION ENGINE COMPANY NUMBER ONE, UNIONTOWN HOSE NUMBER TWO, RIVER HUMAN MATTER HOSE COMPANY NUMBER THREE, HOOKING LADDER, COMPANY NUMBER ONE AND THE HASTINGS ON HUDSONS VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE SCORE.
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AND FOLLOWING UP THE HASTINGS ON HUDSON DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS TASTING STRONGEST.I'D LIKE TO CALL EVERYONE TO ORDER PLEASE.
IF YOU'VE BEEN ASKED TO PLAN A FLAG DURING THE CEREMONY, PLEASE MAKE YOUR WAY UP THE HILL BEHIND ME NOW.
TO OPEN OUR CEREMONY, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE SASHA GOLDBERG TO SING THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER.
SASHA'S A SEVENTH GRADER AT THE HASTINGS ON HUDSON MIDDLE SCHOOL.
SAY YOU SEE THE EARLY WHAT'S SO PROUD WE HELD AT THE TWILIGHTS LAST WHOSE ROCK STRIPES AND BRIGHT STARS THROUGH THE WE WATCHED WERE IN AIR TO THE NIGHT THAT OUR FLAG WAS STILL THERE.
OH, SAY THAT AND THE THANK YOU SASHA.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, COMRADES YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE ON THIS DAY FOREVER CONSECRATED TO OUR HEROIC DEAD.
WE ARE ASSEMBLED ONCE AGAIN TO EXPRESS SEVERE REVERENCE.
THEY WHO FOUGHT CARRY THEIR LOSSES EVERYWHERE EVERY DAY.
TODAY WE ALL SHARE THAT BURDEN TOGETHER.
WHEN GENERAL LUCIAN TRUSCOTT, COMMANDER OF THE USS, EXCUSE ME, COMMANDER OF THE US FIFTH ARMY SPOKE AT THE SICILY R AMERICAN CEMETERY IN NNO, ITALY ON MEMORIAL DAY IN 1945, HE TURNED HIS BACK ON THE AUDIENCE AND SPOKE DIRECTLY TO THE NEARLY 20,000 AMERICAN SOLDIERS BURIED THERE, APOLOGIZING TO THEM FOR THEIR DEATHS.
A ADJUSTER LIKE THIS WOULDN'T RING TRUE TODAY REMOVED AS WE ARE FROM SUCH AN ENORMOUS SCALE OF LOSS.
BUT MAYBE YOU'LL PERMIT ME ONE PERSONAL INDULGENCE.
I WANT TO READ A SHORT JOURNAL ENTRY THAT I WROTE AFTER ONE OF MY FIRST MISSIONS STATED MAY 13TH, 2009 AT FORWARD OPERATING BASE DIAMONDBACK IN MOSUL, CORPORAL RYAN MCGEE WAS KILLED TODAY.
FIVE OF HIS FELLOW RANGERS WERE INJURED BY GUNFIRE WHEN THEY ATTEMPTED TO DETAIN TWO MEMBERS OF A SUICIDE BOMBER CELL.
THIS IS THE FIRST REAL JOB I'VE EVER HAD AND I REALIZE TODAY THAT IT CARRIES WITH IT MORE RESPONSIBILITY THAN I COULD HAVE IMAGINED.
THIS IS A WAR THAT PEOPLE ARE FIGHTING.
CORPORAL MCGEE SERVED THREE TOURS IN
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AFGHANISTAN AND WON IN IRAQ.I'M 25 AND THIS IS THE FIRST REAL JOB I'VE EVER HAD.
MY NAIVETE IS ON FULL DISPLAY HERE.
SHOCKED AS I WAS AT THE NOTION THAT WAR IS ALWAYS PERSONAL.
TRUE REFLECTION COMES WITH TIME AND AGE AND APT METAPHOR TOO.
FOR OUR OWN JOURNEY AS A NATION, THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SURVIVED THE CIVIL WAR WERE SIMILARLY LEFT LOOKING FOR MEANING AND SOUGHT TO STITCH BACK TOGETHER.
THAT WHICH SEEMED FOREVER BROKEN.
MEMORIAL DAY WAS THEIR FIRST ATTEMPT AS ONE UNIFIED NATION.
THE EXTENT TO WHICH THIS HOLIDAY HAS SUCCEEDED IN THAT ENDEAVOR MAY ONLY BE KNOWN TO FUTURE HISTORIANS, BUT IN THIS MOMENT WE UNDERSTAND THE TASK LAID OUT FOR US BY THEIR LEGACY.
IN THIS MODERN ERA, THE MORAL AMBIGUITY OF WAR LEAVES US ALL GRASPING TO FIND OUR OWN ETHICAL FOOTING AND OUR MINDS REFLECTIVELY SEEK A MEANS TO BALANCE THE IMPOSSIBLY BLOODY SCALES WE WILL NOT LIKELY SUCCEED IN ENTIRETY, BUT WE WILL ALSO NOT FORGET AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO TELL THE STORIES OF THOSE WHO LOST THIS MONUMENT AT THE TOP OF THE HILL BEHIND ME REPRESENTS THE RESTING PLACES OF OUR COMRADES FROM OUR VILLAGE THAT FELL IN WAR.
WHEREVER THE BODY OF ONE OF OUR FELLOWS LIES THERE, THE GROUND IS HALLOWED.
OUR PRESENCE HERE IS IN SOLEMN COMMEMORATION OF ALL THESE MEN AND WOMEN AND AN EXPRESSION OF OUR TRIBUTE TO THEIR DEVOTION, TO DUTY, TO COURAGE, AND TO PATRIOTISM, DUTY, HONOR, AND COUNTRY.
THEY LIVED FOR IT AND THEY DIED FOR IT.
AS A NATION AND AS A VILLAGE, WE MUST REMIND OURSELVES OF THE FUTURE THEY FOUGHT FOR AND DO OUR BEST TO LIVE UP TO THOSE VALUES IN THESE DAYS AHEAD.
BY THEIR SERVICE ON LAND C AND AIR, THEY HAVE MADE ALL LIBERTY LOVING PEOPLE THEIR GENEROUS.
I'D LIKE TO ASK CHAPLIN GEORGE FELIS, THE THE HASTINGS ON HUDSON AMERICAN LEGION TO OFFER THE INVOCATION.
IN THE QUIET SANCTUARIES OF OUR OWN HEARTS THAT EACH OF US NAME AND CALL ON THE ONE WHOSE POWER OVER US IS GREAT AND GENTLE, FIRM AND FORGIVING, HOLY AND HEALING.
DEAR LORD, YOU WHO CREATED US, WHO SUSTAIN US, WHO CALL US TO LIVE IN PEACE.
HEAR OUR PRAYER FOR ALL WHO HAVE DIED, WHOSE HEARTS AND HOPES ARE KNOWN TO YOU ALONE.
HEAR OUR PRAYER FOR THOSE WHO PUT THE WELFARE OF OTHERS AHEAD OF THEIR OWN AND GAVE US HEARTS AS GENEROUS AS THEIRS.
DEAR LORD, FOR THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE SERVICE OF OTHERS AND ACCEPT THE GIFT OF THEIR SACRIFICE.
HELP US TO SHAPE AND MAKE A WORLD WHERE WE WILL LAY DOWN THE ARMS OF WAR AND TURN OUR SWORDS INTO PLOWSHARES FOR A HARVEST OF JUSTICE AND PEACE.
COMFORT THOSE WHO GRIEVE THE LOSS OF THEIR LOVED ONES AND LET YOUR HEALING BE THE HOPE IN OUR HEARTS.
HEAR OUR PRAYER THIS DAY, OH LORD.
AND IN YOUR MERCY, ANSWER US IN THE NAME OF ALL THAT IS HOLY THE PEACE OF GOD BE WITH YOU.
IT IS WITH HONOR THAT I INTRODUCE OUR NEXT SPEAKER FOR THE MEMORIAL DAY SERVICE REAR ADMIRAL CARL LAIE, CAN YOU PLEASE TELL, GIVE A FEW WORDS.
CONGRESSMAN LATIMER, DISTINGUISHED REPRESENTATIVES OF THE YORK STATE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, MADAM MAYOR, UH, LOCAL COUNTY AND UH, ELECTED OFFICIALS.
IT IS, UH, AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE TO BE HERE IN HASTINGS ON HUDSON.
TODAY SINCE MAY OF 1868 THE NATION HAS PAUSED TO REMEMBER THOSE WHO HAVE PERISHED IN CONFLICTS.
THESE AMERICANS WERE REAL PEOPLE.
THEY WERE SONS, DAUGHTERS, BROTHERS, SISTERS, HUSBANDS AND WIVES.
THEY TOOK UP ARMS TO DEFEND OUR COUNTRY SO THAT WE CAN LIVE FREE TODAY.
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WHEN WE TAKE THE OATH, WHEN WE JOIN THE MILITARY, WE DON'T SWEAR OR PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO A FLAG OR TO A PERSON.WE PLEDGE THAT WE WILL UPHOLD THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.
THE IDEA, THE IDEAS THAT ARE EMBODIED IN THAT CONSTITUTION THAT CAME FROM OUR GROWTH AND START AS A NATION AND OUR OATH THAT WE SWEAR IS TO THE CONSTITUTION.
AND WE TAKE THAT VERY, VERY SERIOUSLY.
AMERICANS HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES IN MANY PLACES AROUND THE GLOBE SO THAT WE MAY BE STANDING HERE TODAY PLACES LIKE LEXINGTON AND CONCORD, TRIPOLI, LAKE ERIE CHIP PACK GETTYSBURG, SAN JUAN HILL, THE ARGONNE FOREST FOR DONE NORMANDY,
IT'S IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME TO HIGHLIGHT ALL THE BATTLES THAT AMERICANS HAVE PARTICIPATED IN ACROSS THE GLOBE, BUT THOSE ARE JUST A FEW TO BRING BACK TO YOUR MEMORY THE NUMBER OF CONFLICTS THAT WE HAVE TAKEN ARMS UP TO DEFEND THIS COUNTRY THAT WE MIGHT BE HERE THIS YEAR.
WE CELEBRATE 250 YEARS OF SERVICE FOR THE UNITED STATES ARMY, THE UNITED STATES NAVY AND THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS.
WE ARE INCREDIBLY PROUD OF OUR LEGACY.
WHEN WE LOOK BACKWARDS, WE SEE THOSE THAT HAVE GONE BEFORE US AND WE REVERENCE THOSE THAT HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES.
ALTHOUGH THERE'LL BE 250 YEAR BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS, WE WILL NEVER FORGET THOSE OF OUR RANKS WHO HAVE PERISHED.
WE LOOK FORWARD WITH CONFIDENCE.
CONFIDENCE BECAUSE OUR AMERICAN MILITARY HAS NEVER BEEN STRONGER.
TODAY IS BUOYED BY THOSE WHO ARE CURRENTLY SERVING AND BY THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO I CAN SEE OUT IN FRONT OF ME.
SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE, WHO ARE HEARING MY VOICE WILL RAISE THEIR HAND AND SERVE.
OVER 41 MILLION AMERICANS HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES IN DEFENSE OF THIS COUNTRY.
ONE DAY A YEAR IS NOT OFTEN ENOUGH TO REMEMBER THEIR SACRIFICE.
I'D LIKE TO CLOSE THE WORDS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN, WHICH ARE IMMORTAL AND WHICH WHICH REALLY DESCRIBE WHY WE SERVE THAT A NATION OF THE PEOPLE BY THE PEOPLE AND FOR THE PEOPLE SHALL NOT PERISH FROM THE EARTH.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF THE JAMES DAILEY VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS POST 200 WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF VETERANS GROUPS AND CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS WILL NOW PAY OUR RESPECTS TO OUR COMRADES, OUR DEPARTED COMRADES BY PLACING FLAG THE MONUMENT BEHIND ME UP THE HILL FROM THE HASTINGS ON HUDSON MOTHER'S CLUB.
HASTINGS ON HUDSON POLICE DEPARTMENT.
HOW DID YOU GET KILLED? OH, OKAY, COOL.
HASTINGS ON HUDSON HISTORICAL SOCIETY, OUR GOOD FRIENDS FROM THE SOUTH SIDE CLUB.
BARBARA KENNEDY FROM THE AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY INGS ON HUDSON ALUMNI ASSOCIATION AND FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
IF THERE'S ANYBODY WHOSE NAME I DIDN'T MENTION, PLEASE POINT THE FLAG.
EARLIER TODAY ARET WAS PLACED AT THE WORLD WAR I MEMORIAL AT SPRING STREET IN MAPLE AVENUE.
WE'D LIKE TO PLACE THREE WREATHS IN FRONT OF THE MONUMENTS BEHIND US.
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I'D LIKE TO ASK THE GRAND MARSHAL, UH, JOSE FRES ALONG WITH ADMIRAL LATTY.IF YOU'RE WILLING TO PLACE THE FIRST REATH, CHIEF GUNTHER OF THE HASTINGS ON HUDSON FIRE DEPARTMENT, WILL YOU PLEASE PLACE ARIF.
AND FINALLY, MARTY RU AND JOE TOTT OF THE HASTINGS ON HUDSON JAMES DAILEY POST 200 VFW.
PLEASE PLACE A ROOF NOW WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF DISTRICT COMMANDER OF THE SEC SECOND DISTRICT OF THE AMERICAN LEGION KENTUCKY SCOTT MOORE, LONGTIME HASTINGS ON THE HUDSON RESIDENT.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE THE ROLL CONNELL OF THE HONORED DEBT.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WOULD YOU PLEASE HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE COMRADES IN THE SILENT LAND BEYOND WHEREVER YOUR MORTAL REMAINS MAY REST IS SOLEMN SERVICE WE HOLDING TRIBUTE TO YOU WORLD WAR I JOSEPH S BACH.
ABSENT SIR STANLEY S BATES ABSENT SIR THOMAS P CAFFERY ABSENT SIR JAMES A COSTELLO ABSENT SIR JAMES DAILEY ABSENT SIR BEATRICE GORMAN ABSENT SIR MA LANT JR.
ABSENT SIR WILLIAM J LAWLER ABSENT SIR FRANK X MCKERNAN ABSENT SIR JOSEPH CARDO ABSENT SIR JAMES SIBO? ABSENT SIR CARLOS ERMAN ABSENT SIR WORLD WAR II JOSEPH BOROWITZ ABSENT SIR WILLIAM E BUCHALTER.
ABSENT SIR ROBERT E CARLIN? ABSENT SIR HARMON CARVALLO ABSENT SIR EDWARD H DOHERTY JR.
EON SIR ALBERT J VIC EON SIR MITCHELL W GEIGER EON SIR HOWARD GRAY EON SIR JOHN KOWSKI EON SIR DUDLEY YOU'LL MET SIR STEVEN JIE.
SIR JOSEPH ISIDRO ABSENT SIR CAROL JAKE KOWALSKI? SIR CA J LIPATO F IN SIR? BRENDAN J LYNCH S IN SIR JOSEPH V MASTRIANI F IN SIR RICHARD F MITTEN F IN SIR HENRY W. NOEL JR.
ER JOSEPH S PICKERS F IN SIR RAYMOND W. RAMSEY F IN SIR FRANK D SANTO F ABSENT SIR JOHN IAN F IN SIR EDWIN SCHIFFER F IN SIR STEVEN SOMAL F IN SIR PETER KO F IN IT SIR WARREN TABER IT SIR HAROLD A TITUS IT SIR JOHN C VAN HAEN IT SIR KOREA ROBERT HOPPING IT SIR GEORGE WAPE IT.
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SIR LEBANON BRUTE CORCORAN IT.READY CHAPLAIN FLI, WOULD YOU PLEASE LEAD US ONCE AGAIN IN THE BENEDICTION? OUR GOD, GOD OF ALL OUR ANCESTORS, WE THANK YOU FOR THE BLESSINGS YOU HAVE BESTOWED UPON OUR NATION.
OUT OF THE MANY NATIONS OF THE WORLD, OURS HAS BEEN BLESSED WITH A SINGULAR OPPORTUNITY TO DEMONSTRATE HOW PEOPLES OF MANY FAITHS AND HERITAGES CAN LIVE SIDE BY SIDE AND ENRICH ONE ANOTHER'S LIVES.
THROUGH FRIENDSHIP AND THE SHARING OF OUR UNIQUE TRADITIONS, WE ARE UNITED THIS DAY IN A SOLEMN ACT OF GRATITUDE TO THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED IN OUR NATION'S DEFENSE, TO THOSE WHO HAVE RISK, THEIR PERSONAL SAFETY TO SAVE THE LIVES OF OTHERS AND ABOVE ALL, TO THOSE WHO HAVE DIED SERVING THIS COUNTRY, THEIR SACRIFICES ARE FOREVER REMEMBERED BY US AND BY OUR CHILDREN.
OUR HEARTS GO OUT TO THOSE SERVING TODAY IN OUR ARMED FORCES AND TO THEIR FAMILIES.
THOSE OF US WHO ARE VETERANS OF PREVIOUS WARS KNOW BEST OF ALL WHAT THEY MUST BE FEELING, WHAT THEIR SPOUSES AND CHILDREN ARE FEELING, WHAT THEY PRAY FOR.
IN ALL OF OUR MANY FAITHS, WE ARE UNITED IN THIS.
OUR PRAYERS ARE WITH THOSE WHO SERVE OUR COUNTRY.
WE ASK GOD THAT THEY MAY RETURN SPEEDILY AND IN GOOD HEALTH AND SAFETY TO THEIR LOVED ONES.
AND MAY GOD GRANT EACH OF US THE WISDOM TO UPHOLD THIS NATION'S VIRTUES THAT THEY MAY CONTINUE TO SERVE AS A BEACON OF LIBERTY AND HARMONY BETWEEN PEOPLES OF ALL THE WORLD TO SEE NOW AND FOREVER.
OUR SINCEREST, THANKS TO ALL OF YOU WHO CAME OUT TO VIEW THIS CEREMONY AND PARADE AND TO ALL WHO PARTICIPATED FOR THIS MEMORIAL DAY TO ALL OUR ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY PERSONNEL AND TO OUR VETERANS.
AS WE COME TO THE END OF OUR CEREMONY, JED, WILL YOU PLEASE COME UP AND LEAD US IN SINGING AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL.
PLEASE SING ALONG FOR WHICHEVER LYRICS YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW.
THERE ARE MANY VERSES OF THIS SONG.
IF YOU KNOW ANY OF THE THREE, PLEASE SING WITH ME.
FOUR SPACIOUS SKIES, FOUR AMBER WAVES OF GRAIN.
PURPLE MOUNTAIN MAJESTIES ABOVE THE FRUIT PLAYING AMERICA.
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SHED HIS GRACE ON THE AND CROWN TH GOOD WITH BROTHERHOOD FROM SEA TO SHINE.WHO MORE THAN SELF THEIR LOVED AND MERCY THAN AMERICA MAY GOD TH GOLD TILL ALL SUCCESS BE NOBLENESS AND EVERY DIVINE.
THAT'S BEYOND THE YEARS TH GLEAM CONDEMNED BY AMERICA.
GOD SHED HIS GRACE ON THE AND CROWN THY GOOD WITH BROTHERHOOD FROM SEA TO SHINE.
OUR CEREMONY HAS COME TO AN END.