| 2017 Yorktown Town Hall Flagpoles Re-activated |
| On Thursday, December 7th, 2017 our Yorktown Post #1009 joined with Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #8328 to re-activate the flagpoles at Yorktown Town Hall. The original flagpole and veterans monuments in front of Town Hall were removed to install handicapped parking spaces for the building. In its place three smaller flagpoles were installed. The old flagpole was moved to the center of Patriot's Park adjacent to Town Hall. The Town Board had the three veterans monuments installed there also with lighting. In addition, there were 6 flagpoles installed to display the flags of the branches of the US military services. |
| Past Post Commander's of Yorktown's American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars Posts Al Laughlin(left) and Mike O'Connor (right) raised the US flag. |
| Veterans and Town Hall staff attended the reactivation ceremony. |
| The US Flag is raised with honors reactivating the flagpoles in front of Town Hall. |
| Charlie McKay and Carl DiLiberto stand by to raise the New York State flag. |
| Mission accomplished in front of Town Hall. |
| Larry Qualter and Rich Calbo stand by to raise the US Navy flag. |
| A group shot of the veterans residing at the Country House. |
| A new 18' US flag is raised in Patriot's Park. |
| John McQuillan and Carl DiLiberto prepare to raise the US Air Force flag. |
| Patrick McDonough and Lee DeFrancesco lead the remembrance for the anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. |
| Supervisor Micheal Grace thanks all who helped to make the new improved Patriot's Park come to completion. |
| Members of American Legion Post #1009 and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #8328 pause after raising the flags of our military services. (L - R) Rocco Salierno, Mike O'Connor, Al Laughlin, William Matney, Larry Qualter, Rich Calbo, John McQuillan, Carl DiLiberto, Frank Troia, Anthony Grasso, Charlie McKay, and Tom Einwich. Job Well Done!! |