Rockland County honored four local Gold Star families at a ceremony yesterday at the New City Library. The ceremony recognizes the sacrifice that family members make when a father, mother, brother, sister, son, daughter, or other loved one dies in service to the nation. Susan Branam is the Director of the Rockland County Veterans Service Agency, and she read the names of the fallen…
Director of Veteran Services at Bridges’ Joseph P. Dwyer Peer Support Program, former U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant Marc Carlo, said it was humbling to be in the presence of the Gold Star families…
Rockland County Executive Ed Day, himself a military dad, said it’s important to support military families…
The Gold Star tradition began in 1936 when Congress designated the last Sunday in September as Gold Star Mothers’ Day.