(Queens, NY) NYS Senator Joseph P. Addabbo, Jr., who serves on the Senate’s Veterans, Homeland Security & Military Affairs Committee, urges all New Yorkers to recognize the bravery, dedication and sacrifice provided by all men and women in the U.S. Armed Forces.
In the heart of his own district, the senator recently obtained a large American flag from a Glendale flag dealer and will preside at a flag-raising ceremony on the Pathmark/MediSys Clocktower Building flagpole on Friday, November 8, at Noon. The location is on Atlantic Avenue just west of Woodhaven Boulevard in Ozone Park. In addition, last Sunday, November 3, the senator proudly marched with local veterans groups in the Fourth Annual Queens Veterans Day Parade along Metropolitan Avenue.
(L-R): Congresswoman Grace Meng; Assemblyman Mike Miller; Warrant Officer & Grand Marshal Daniel P. Wisotsky (US Marine Corps); Tuskeegee Airman & Grand Marshal Julius Freeman; Senator Joe Addabbo and Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley.
“Our veterans and active duty military personnel have made incredible sacrifices to safeguard the rights and freedoms we enjoy,” Senator Addabbo said. “Since the founding of the United States we have relied on brave service members to willingly put themselves in harm’s way to protect our lives, property and rights at home and abroad. I urge all New Yorkers to recognize and thank these heroic men and women on Veterans Day, and all days throughout the year.”
New York’s one million veterans are eligible for a number of benefits and programs, including property tax exemptions, tuition education assistance, job training, employment placement assistance and counseling. This year, the Senate’s Veterans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs Committee also led the effort to have the state issue special veteran ID drivers’ licenses.
Veterans Day originated as “Armistice Day” on Nov. 11, 1919, the first anniversary of the end of World War I, and became a national holiday in 1938. President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1954 changed the name to Veterans Day and designated the holiday as a celebration of “all American veterans of all wars.” It is the only national holiday that is required by public law to be observed on its specific and historically significant date regardless of the day of the week on which it falls.
For more information on benefits available to veterans, visit the State Department of Veterans Affairs Web site at http://veterans.ny.gov/, or call 518-474-7606 or 212-564-
To learn more about Veterans Day, and local community celebrations please visit, http://www.va.gov/opa/
For more information, call Senator Addabbo’s offices at 718-738-1111 (Howard Beach), 718-497-1630 (Middle Village) or 718-318-0702 (Rockaway).
Glendale Flag Dealer Boosts Our Veterans on November 11 — A Long Tradition!
At this 94th anniversary of the holiday, during a time of growing support for the men and women of our armed forces, online flag dealer FlagsExpo.com, with a flag store in Queens, NY, announced that it will again give away free USA flags. The company also supplied the large flag that will fly over the Pathmark/MediSys Clock Tower Building on Atlantic Avenue in Ozone Park. The flag-raising ceremony is scheduled for Friday, November 8, at Noon.
FlagsExpo.com has been giving away free American flags for a long time, and on this Veterans Day, the tradition continues. The flags can be claimed on November 11, 2013, (one to a customer, walk-ins only) from 9 AM – 5 PM, at 6524 Myrtle Ave, Glendale, NY, while supplies last. The free American flags being distributed by FlagsExpo.com are 4” x 6’’ on the staff and are made in the USA.
“Our flags fly in government agencies, churches, community organizations, schools and colleges. Our customers are from all over the USA and we are proud that our flags are flying on military bases in Afghanistan and Iraq,” adds flag company president Fred Vaynman, whose business operates in the heart of Senator Addabbo’s 15th Senate District in Glendale.
About Delta Signs & Flags Co.
Delta Flags Co. has been in business since 1979, has a flag store in Queens, New York, and a FlagsExpo.com Web site offering USA, military, religious, state, world, pet flags, flagpoles & flag accessories. For more information, contact FlagsExpo.com or Delta Signs & Flags Company, 6524 Myrtle Avenue, Glendale, NY 11385, 718-418-3705, deltaflags@yahoo.com or signs718@yahoo.com.
