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The year 2023 marks the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War. There were 24 men from Greenwich who lost their lives there. On Monday 90 veterans attended an event in their honor. Continue Reading →
“I think when it’s lit up at night it looks a little bit like a carnival.” – Dean Gamanos, Navy Veteran Continue Reading →
“To hear people say they’re building this building in the spirit of how the neighborhood originally started, to me is a bunch of bunk because the building looks like a fortress.” – Dean Gamanos, resident of the Fourth Ward Continue Reading →
“I would not consider a flag to be a sign, but once they put the flyer on it I would. I would say that these were a violation of the sign regulations.” – Jodi Couture, Greenwich Zoning Enforcement Officer Continue Reading →
The 6th annual patriotic community walk on Veterans Day marked 100 years since the end of World War I, which was the topic of remarks by keynote speaker Dean Gamanos. Commander of the American Legion Peter LeBeau talked about Greenwich’s Col Raynal Bolling, whose likeness is immortalized in a statue outside the Havemeyer building. Bolling was the first high-ranking officer of the United States Army to be killed in combat in World War I.
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