Village of Islandia Recognizes Those Who Served Our Country during Veterans Day Ceremony

Islandia Village Mayor Allan M. Dorman (front row, center) is joined by members of the United States Marine Corps and Col. Francis S. Midura Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #12144 and village board members in front of a U.S. Marine Corps vehicle during the Village’s Veterans Day ceremony.

The Village of Islandia held its annual Veterans Day ceremony on November 5 at the Veterans Memorial Triangle. Mayor Allan M. Dorman, who served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War, was joined by village board members, local war veterans and members of the Lakeland and Hauppauge Fire Departments to honor those who served and continue to serve in the armed forces.

 

During the ceremony, Mayor Dorman asked those in attendance to remember those local residents who served in the military and have since passed on. He also recognized all the local veterans; groups that were in attendance. An invocation was delivered by Tom Brauner, Chaplain, Col. Francis S. Midura Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #12144.