A ceremony and remarks will be held in Mitchel Park to unveil the restored Washington Heights and Inwood War Memorial on November 7. This monument of three Doughboys was damaged by vandals and has been restored. There are memorial plaques … Read the rest
Author: Kevin Fitzpatrick
Honors at Highbridge Doughboy Rededication
On September 28 New York welcomed back a long-lost sculpture to the Bronx. For more than 40 years a Doughboy memorial from 1923 had been kept in storage, after vandalism in the 1970s had caused its removal. It was restored … Read the rest
Year of the Veteran Parade Poughkeepsie Sept 30
Reenactors and living historians are invited to Dutchess County’s “Year of the Veteran” parade, Sunday, 30 September 2018, 1:00-4:00pm.
The parade will begin at (approximately) 22 Market Street Poughkeepsie NY 12601. The start is 1:00; meetup in uniform at 12:45.… Read the rest
Rededication Doughboy Statue by Yankee Stadium Sept 28
New York City has 16 Doughboy sculptures but one has been hidden in storage for more than 40 years, after being severely damaged by vandals. Today the 1923 memorial to men who served from the Highbridge neighborhood of the Bronx … Read the rest
Legion Centennial Day in the Bronx October 7
Sunday, October 7 at 11 AM – 4 PM, the Samuel H. Young American Legion Post 620 is holding a ceremony to honor the memory of the post’s namesake to mark the centennial of his death in France. The post … Read the rest
July 28 Legion Centennial Day Rockland County
The John M. Perry American Legion Post #1044 is holding a ceremony July 28 to honor the memory of the post’s namesake on the centennial of his death near Belleau, France. The post is inviting reenactors to participate in the … Read the rest
WWI Day NY Transit Museum October 21
The centennial of World War I will be recalled with a living history day inside the landmarked New York Transit Museum with classic wooden cars that were on the tracks when the Doughboys fought in WWI. Come see living history, … Read the rest
Great War Day at Fort Mott
The Great War exhibition at Fort Mott State Park, Pennsville, New Jersey, was held on May 5, 2018. The park and the USS Olympia crew organized the event. The public was able to see U.S. and Allied impressions in … Read the rest
In Flanders Field Memorial on May 24
The East Coast Doughboys are invited to the Ninth Annual In Flanders Fields Memorial. The ceremony will be held on Thursday, May 24th at 10:00 AM at the Clinton War Memorial at DeWitt Clinton Park on the corner of 52nd … Read the rest
West Point Tour & Talk on April 10
On Tuesday, April 10th Orange County Historian Johanna Yaun will be hosting a special behind-the-scenes tour of the West Point Museum’s World War I collections with arms curator Les Jensen.
The tour will take place at 4:00 PM. Afterwards … Read the rest