THE VETERANS PAGE: by Paul Leader, Legion Post 873 Commander

Newfanes Outstanding Adult and Youth for 2014.

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! The American Legion and Auxiliary will be providing a reception at the Newfane Community center on Tuesday, April 8, 2014 at 7:00pm to honor these outstanding ladies from our community. ! Newfane Veteran's Memorial Park will soon become a reality. Do we want benches, a large or small memorial stone, memorial bricks, a history lesson? These are all questions the commission is contemplating. One of the things we must think about is creating a memorial park that people will want to come to and visit. Remember, Honor and Teach. Putting together a Veteran's Memorial should involve all three. We are to remember those who sacrificed, honor those who served, and teach our children that none of our freedoms were free.

Military Retirees: Want to know the latest on your benefits and what our government is trying to take away from you. Check out the latest Army, Marine, Navy and Air Force Times at our local library. Each week they get new issues and they can be taken home, thanks to the Times. MEMORIAL DAY OBSERVANCE: MAY 26, 2014 - CORWIN CEMETERY - 11:00AM 2013 photos of The Four Chaplains Saga presented by the pastors of local churches and narrated by Jason Mollica.

Student dressed as soldiers dancing with their sweethearts to I'll be seeing you sung by Pete Robinson accompanied by Carole Jonathan and James Sansone on stage at the USO, WW2 style. This year, were asking for all veterans to wear their medals and ribbons to the Observance. Remember to donate and receive a poppy for Memorial Day from the Newfane American Legion Auxiliary. Your donation helps both vets in VA hospitals who assemble them for pocket money and the Auxiliary which uses the donations for their veterans causes. Main Street gardens: The flags you will see in the small gardens along Main Street are in memory of PFC. Christopher Heinz. The Legion membership voted to honor Chris in this way as a daily reminder, that whether at war or in training, our service members lives are at risk. ***************************************************** Last years American and POW flag at the Corwin Cemetery were donated by Diversified Manufacturing, Inc. located in Lockport. The family of Master Sergeant Charles " Pete " Metzler is sponsoring the flags in his memory for 2014. *************************************************************************************** Question: If the Newfane American Legion were to turn in its charter and cease to exist, will the town of Newfane miss it? Will someone will say, how come something isnt happening on Memorial Day, or theres no color guard at the parade, or where are the flags decorating the graves of the veterans at the cemetery. Who is teaching the kids Americanism? No one is there to honor my dad at his graveside. What happened to the Legion? Boys and Girls State. Distributing flags to the kids at the July Fourth Parade. Will you miss these activities? Who knows what your answer will be, but the answer is that all war time vets should join an active veterans service organization to keep all these programs going and it is your chance to keep on serving your community, your country, and your fellow veterans.

Girls and Boys State 2014 Citizens are Haleigh Seeloff and Trevor Noon. Girls and Boys State is a program designed and run by the American Legion as an objective citizenship training program, which instills individual responsibility to the community, state and nation. It is operated on a two party system on the basis of the political government organization as it exists in New York State at all levels from local municipalities to the State. Each Legion Post and Auxiliary Unit is allocated one boy and girl per Post. Military Honors were provided for twelve Niagara County veterans since our Winter Newsletter printing. Remember, if you served under honorable conditions, you deserve Military Honors by a two man active military detail to fold your flag, Taps played and a rifle salute. The rifle salute and Taps are usually conducted by your local veterans post. You must request this in your interview with your funeral director. WANTED: men and woman for color guard and Military Honors detail. If interested, call 471-0382 or email at newfanelegion.yahoo.com. The Color Guard marches in our parades and the Military Honors is certified to do all veterans funerals. You need to be over 21 and a veteran with an honorable discharge. Did You Know? The youngest US serviceman was 12 year old Calvin Graham, USN during WW2. He was wounded and given a Dishonorable Discharge for lying about his age. His benefits were later restored by act of Congress. FYI... The Defense Department officials say scammers are trying to get information and passwords from Army civilians, soldiers, retirees and family members. The scam involves a website called "My Army Benefits," which is nearly identical to the Army's official website called "MyArmyBenefits." The primary purpose of the fraudulent site is to collect soldiers' Army Knowledge Online, or AKO, email accounts and passwords, officials said. It also makes the false claim that the U.S. military has granted access to unclaimed and accumulated benefits for active duty soldiers, and that benefits not claimed within the specific period will be available for claims after 60 months, according to information released by the Department of Defense. Soldiers, Army civilians, retirees and family members are strongly cautioned to ignore the website, do not log into the website and to immediately delete suspicious emails without answering them. If you have accessed the website from a government computer or system, you should contact your local information assurance office. Home School students learn about veterans and folding the American flag on Veterans Day at the

Grace Bible Church. The students who folded the flag successfully received certificates and Our Countrys Flag comic books. The Post is willing to speak to any school classes on Veterans and our flag. Just call or email the post at 471-0382 or newfanelegion@yahoo.com. Military Retirees: Want to know the latest on your benefits and what our government is trying to take away from you. Check out the latest Army, Marine, Navy and Air Force Times at our local library. Each week they get new issues and they can be taken home, thanks to the Times.