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NOVEMBER 13 - 19, 2020
VOL. 122 NO. 46
Presidential election reactions differ shortage of passion in the opinions residents expressed. John Napolitano, of East At press time on Thursday, Norwich, said he was amazed President-elect Joseph Biden that Biden won, because he had tallied over 77 million votes didn’t have a traditional cam— more than any paign, with crowds other presidential at rallies. Without a candidate in histovisible show of supry — besting Presipor t, Napolitano dent T r ump’s 72 wondered how the million-plus votes, former vice presithe second-most in dent could remain history. confident that he Only two states would win. Napoliremained to be tano also said he decided, Georgia was unhappy that and North Carolisome states stopped na, according to the voting at midnight Associated Press. A on Election Day, Trump win in while others, like either or both Florida and Ohio s t a t e s, h ow e ve r, continued until 2 would not affect the a.m. outcome of the elec“[The election is] tion. Biden had 290 messed up on so e l e c t o r a l v o t e s TAMIKA WALKER m a n y l e v e l s , ” s e c u re d , t h e A P Napolitano said. HILL reported. If he were “Why did Pfiz er to win Georgia — Oyster Bay resident announce it had a an increasingly 90 percent effective likely outcome — he would end vaccine for Covid on Nov. 9? the election with 306 electoral They knew before that. It would votes, 36 more than needed to have helped Trump if they had win the presidency. announced it before the elecAlthough reactions to the tion.” results of the election were Matt Frisch, of Oyster Bay mixed in Oyster Bay, East Norwich and Bayville, there was no CONTINUED ON PAGE 8
By LAURA LANE llane@liherald.com
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Courtesy Alex Gallego
MEMBERS OF THE 11th New York Regiment, from left, Peter Brasile, Hector Sepvueda, Ed McGay and Alex Gallego, took part in military funeral honors for a dead veteran at Long Island National Cemetery. The regiment performs the honors at cemeteries on Long Island and in New York City.
Veterans can be honored one last time at gravesite By LAURA LANE llane@liherald.com
The sound of gunfire in a cemetery, followed by a bugler playing taps, means one thing — a veteran is being honored for perpetuity. On Long Island and in New York City, the ceremony is conducted by members of the 11th New York Regiment, which provides
free military funeral honors. A veterans service organization, it has 32 members, including New York Guard veteran Alex Gallego, from East Norwich, and Glen Cove resident Richard Arias, a Navy veteran. They continue to serve their country, they say, by honoring fellow veterans and offering comfort to their grieving families.
The 11th New York Regiment is part of United States Volunteers, whose heritage dates to Theodore Roosevelt’s Rough Riders, the nation’s last volunteer cavalry unit. Its members, who fought in the Spanish-American War, were known officially as the United States Volunteers. Gallego, 52, the 11th New CONTINUED ON PAGE 3
anticipate a great change where everyone will feel accepted, welcomed and inclusive. I wasn’t surprised about the outcome.