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VOL. 40 NO. 22 SERVING BETHPAGE, ISLAND TREES, OLD BETHPAGE, PLAINVIEW, SEAFORD AND PLAINEDGE FORTY CENTS
Memorial Day, May 2 7
(Originally Known as Decoration Day)
A Memorial Day Meditation by Walter G. O'Connell
Today we gather, young and old,
To honor heroes ever bold
In love of country, shedding blood,
Oft dying in some clime of mud.
We come to watch a mother's tear,
For someone special she holds dear,
Roll down its path on grief-stained
face
Where pain and pride contend with
grace.
In Flanders Fields still poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
Where gallant men, beneath the sod,
Await the bugle call of God.
Your quarrel with the foe is done;
You ran the race: your crown is won!
We caught your torch: we hold it
high:
We'll do so 'till the day we die!
Like Moses with his mighty staff
You fought the wrongs on right's
behalf;
You showed by deed to all the world
Our Flag's true strength when once
unfurled.
This day our country suts aside
To honor you with pray'r and pride;
The memories of life's young spring
Are roses now that make heart sing!
Now go to sleep and slumber on;
Your troubles here below are gone;
Your rifle has been put to rest;
You marched to Heaven with the
best;
With patron saints to welcome you,
All spangled in red, white, and blue!
You lived a patriotic role,
And set for us an awesome goal!
And so, today, we gather here
To honor those we hold quite dear,
To conjure up the joyful past
And strain to make each mem'ry last.
We march our p'rade a country mile
And call to mind a parting smile.
This solemn gathering each year
Consoles old hearts with warming
cheer.
Dear Father of the good and brave,
Give us the strength that we behave
The way our honored dead have
done
And run the race that they have won!
To love our country, neighbor, too,
And recognize our debt to You.
And, Father, at Your final call,
May we join heroes in their Hall!
In memory of those men of Bethpage who gave their lives for their Country so we may live
Lest We Forget
WORLD WAR I
Archie McCord George Benkert Jr.
KOREAN WAR
Richard Moesch
VIETNAM WAR
1st Lt. - Stephen E. Karopsczyc
LCpl - Otto Farinaro
PFC - Otto Graybow
LCpl - Michael R. Morgan
PFC - Peter R. McCarthy
PFC - Hanes M. Hasenflug
SP 4 - William H. Henaghan
SP 4 - Leonard F. Jantzen
Gerald W. McCaffrey
Frank Gagliado
PREVIOUS WARS
REVOLUTION
WAR OF 1812
MEXICAN WAR
CIVIL WAR (Union)
SPANISH AMERICAN
WORLD WAR I
WORLD WAR II
KOREA
VIETNAM
DESERT STORM
DESERT SHIELD
BOSNIA
SOMALIA
AFGHANISTAN
DIED
4,435
62,260
1,733
140,414
385
53,402
291,557
33,651
54,000
147
289
8
26
8
WOUNDED
6,188
4,505
4,152
281,881
1,662
204,102
671.801
103,284
153,303
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...
WORLD WAR II
Raymond Carriere
Raymond Caffrey
Robert Damm
Joseph Butehorn
Charles Butehorn
Clarence Skellington
A SPECIAL REMEMBRANCE
For The
POW's and MIA's
Whose Final Resting Place
"Is known Only To God"
Lest We Forget the thousands that died on Sept. 11, 2001
Courtesy of American Legion Auxiliary, Archie McCord Unit #86, Bethpage, Joan Poppe, Past President
Memorial Day
Service & Parade
Information
Memorial Day Services May 27,
2002 8 a.m. Service at St. Paul's
Lutheran Church at 449 Stewart
Ave., Bethpage by Rev. Mario E.
Ancira, Pastor. Everyone welcomed.
9:30 am. Assembly time for all
divisions. All organizations other
than the Veterans groups and the
Fire Department will assemble in
parking fields 5 and 6 south of the
Railroad.
10 a.m. Parade time.
11 a.m. Memorial Service at the
Bethpage H.S. Football field. The
principal guest speaker will be Major
Paul Greatsinger USMC.
In case of rain, one blast of the
fire horn at 9:30 a.m. will cancel the
parade. Therefore there will be no
Memorial Service.
The Parade route will be North
on Broadway from Central Avenue
with the High School Band,
dignitaries, veterans groups followed
by the Fire Department, Auxiliary
and Fire equipment. All other
organizations will enter the line of
march from the parking fields south
of the RR. The parade will continue
to Benkert Street turn left and march
to Stewart Ave. turning right on
Stewart and continue north to the
Bethpage H.S. football field.
for those who will drive to the
H.S. we ask that all cars be parked
curbside on Cherry Ave. next to
field. Handicapped may use parking
lot next to football field. Your
cooperation in doing this will make it
easier for parking the fire equipment.
Eiieen Murphy, Secy.
A Time to Remember
"MEMORIAL DAY"
Vito DeFanis, Chairman of the
Memorial Day Committee, held
the last meeting on May 21,
finalizing the preparations for the
parade on Monday, May 27.
The parade is ready to go.
Rer^mber your bicycle! Young &
old oecorate your bikes and join
the parade. Meet at the south side
parking of the R.R. Station no later
than 9:30 Monday morning.
In remembrance of all our
Country's fallen Heroes
The Memorial Day
Committee is asking everyone
in Town to FLY THE AMERICAN
FLAG in memory of this day.