COLUMBUS' AVENUE SCHOOL in Freeport honored local veterans at a special Veteran's Day celebration. Pictured, from left, are Pre-K. students Gabriel Roache, Erica Mates De los Santos and Harrison Harding-Dieda, with veterans Elizabeth Knolhoff, Major Donald Moore, William Miller, Pat Yngstrom, Frank Colon, John Schreiber, Kevin Bishop and Spiro Colaitis.
Columbus students honor local vets Students at Freeport's Columbus Avenue School learned first hand why we celebrate Veteran's Day when they invited local veterans to their school for a special ceremony. The guest list included some familiar faces like their own Pre-K teacher John Schreiber, Archer Street School's assistant principal Kevin Bishop, and Spiro Colaitis, the Freeport Public Schools' director of facilities. Students met local veterans Pat Yngstrom and Frank Colon, and learned that the orange berets that they wore meant that they served in the Vietnam War. The children also met two World War II Navy veterans, Elizabeth Knolhoff, and William Miller, the father of their principal Peggy Miller. Members of the Freeport High School Naval Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps, under the direction of Marine Major Donald Moore, presented the colors, and FHS student Daniel Tetreault played "Taps." Earlier in the week, all the children had drawn Veterans Day pictures. At the ceremony Principal Peggy Miller gave each guest a drawing as a special keepsake. The rest of the students' drawings will be sent to patients at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Northport. As a special gift to the students, veterans Yngstrom and Colon brought American flags for each child to take home. "Although our students are only 4
and 5 years old, said Ms. Miller, "we want them to begin to understand why we celebrate Veterans Day, and why it is so important to honor the men' and women who fought in the past and are still fighting today to protect and preserve freedom around the world."
PRESENTING THE COLORS. Photo by Bill Braun
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A tribute to freedom by Bill and Norma Braun Freeport American Legion William Clinton Story Post 342 held a Veterans Day Service November I I , at the Freeport Memorial Library. The invocation was delivered by Rev. Richard M. Figliozzi, Pastor, Our Holy Redeemer R.C. Church. The audience of over 200 was welcomed by Freeport Mayor William F. Glacken, and remarks were given by Brigadier General Harry J. Mott III, Retired. The General stated that the #800 M.P. Brigade from Long Island has lost 4 soldiers since being deployed to Iraq. "Our U.S. troops now serve in 120 countries. Some of these countries hate us. Why? Because we are FREE and SUCESSFUL." General Mott assisted in handing special citations to members of the U.S. Army, Marines, Air Force, and Coast Guard.
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