On Sunday May 20, 2023 the Peekskill Rotary Club hosted a Veterans’ Appreciation Day event. The event will took place at Taormina Restaurant in Peekskill, NY. Marisol Jimenez of the Rotary Club of Peekskill organized the event which was a celebration of food and music in honor of our nation’s veterans.
On May 20, 2023 more than 500 Rotary clubs and 14,000 Rotarians across 5 states and 3 countries, from Connecticut to Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Jersey, and New York in the United States, plus the countries of Bermuda and Brazil, will volunteered in their communities for an unprecedented Rotary Day of Service. Jimenez and Dean DiPierro, current club President of the Rotary Club of Peekskill, both agreed that choosing to honor veterans on this day was a great idea. The Rotary Club of Peekskill is a long-time supporter of the American Legion Post 274, the VA Hospital in Overplant, “My Brother Vinny” and other veteran’s organizations.
Concurrently, Tim Warn of the Rotary Club of Peekskill came up with the idea to place flags on veterans’ graves on this day, which is also a Memorial Day tradition. According to Warn, Peekskill American Legion Post 274 is responsible for placing flags at four local cemeteries: Hillside, Van Cortlandtville, First Hebrew, and Assumption. There are approximately 3,500 veterans in these cemeteries. Warn says, “As a veteran, I'm honored to continue the tradition of recognizing those who served, especially those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our nation.”
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