Please take some time on Veterans' Day to honor the service and sacrifice of our military veterans, both living and fallen.
Friends of Carroll Park and the
Court Street Merchants Association invite you to join in a ceremony and laying of the wreath around the War Memorial in Carroll Park.
Veterans Day Ceremony
In Carroll Park
11:00 a.m.
Monday, November 11th, 2014
A Celebration To Honor America’s Veterans
For Their Patriotism, Love Of Country,
And Willingness To Serve And Sacrifice
You can find out about research being carried out on America's very first Veteran's Cemetery, right here in our neighborhood:
ReplyDeletehttp://issuu.com/proteusgowanus/docs/0_2014_marylander_park_proposal_dra
Historian Joseph Alexiou has a great presentation on America's First Veterans:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8V8SOxEHDW8
Without Gowanus there would be no America..