COLLECTING DONATIONS UNTIL 6.
THE TOWN OF WEST SPRINGFIELD
TODAY HONORED ITS VETERANS WITH
A PARADE FOLLOWED BY A SOLEMN
CEREMONY ON THE TOWN COMMON..
VETS SHARED THEIR THOUGHTS WITH
22NEWS REPORTER SY BECKER
TODAY'S MEN AND WOMEN IN UNIFORM
PAID HOMAGE TO THEIR COMRADES IN
ARMS AND THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE
THEM. THE PARADE FROM ST. THOMAS
ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH AND
CONCLUDED AT THE WAR MEMORIAL
MONUMENT AT THE TOWN COMMON FOR
THE SOLEMN SERVICE. .
WE ARE HERE TO HONOR AL OF THE
SERVICEMEN THAT HAVE GONE
BEFORE US AND WHO EVEN MADE THE
ULTIMATE SACRIFICE. . MIKE
SORCINELLI WANTS TO BE SURE THAT
HIS YOUNG SON WILL OBSERVE
VETERANS DAY WHEN HE GROWS UP.
SORCINELLI'S FAMILY ADDED TO THE
OCCASION BY PROVIDING FOOD FOR
EVERYONE ATTENDING THE WEST
SPRINGFIELD VETERANS DAY
OBSERVANCE..
MY FATHER STARTED A NON PROFIT
ORGANIZATION, CITIZENS FOR THE
APPRECIATION OF VETERANS AND
EVERY YEAR WE COOK HOT DOGS AND
HAMBURGERS AND PROVIDE SOUP TO
SHOW OUR APPRECIATION FOR THOSE
WHO HAVE SERVED THEIR COUNTRY.
HUNDREDS CAME TO PARTICIPATE IN
THE CEREMONY ON THE GREEN. TO
SHOW THEIR SUPPORT AS WELL AS
THEIR APPRECIATION TO THE MEN
AND WOMEN WHO HAVE ALWAYS
PROTECTED OUR COUNTY. SY BECKER
22NEWS.
