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White Plains Mayor Tom Roach, in cooperation with the Mayor’s Veterans Committee observed the traditional of the City’s annual Memorial Day Commemoration this morning with a WPCNR estimiate of over 100 citizens, city uniformed personnel, and citizens and servicemen this morning. By far it was the most-attended observance this reporter has seen in 21 years. The crowd filled half of the Ebersole Rink.

The names of White Plains citizens who died in past wars, 9/11, and of covid-care providers were read aloud.

Mayor Roach said in his announcement , “Memorial Day remains as relevant today as when it was first enacted in memory of the soldiers who fought in the Civil War.  Great sacrifices are made every day by the men and women of the U.S. Armed Services.  Their sacrifices remind us anew to be grateful for all that we have as a community and a country.”

During the past year of tremendous upheaval and loss, we also remember the 12,000 recorded deaths of veterans from COVID-19.  

Deceased honorees this year are Malcolm Baehr and Jack Collins. Both served on the Mayor’s Veterans Committee for many years.  They were incredibly proud of their time served in the armed forces and dedicated themselves to honoring all veterans respectfully in our community.  

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WPCNR STARS AND STRIPES. Contributed by Carl Albanese. Originally published  by WPCNR May 30, 2011:

Editor’s Note: Memorial Day weekend is almost always distinguished by melancholy weather conditions. The Memorial Day Weekend weather this weekend continues that traditional a weekend where the weather reflects the tenor of the occasion. Carl Albanese of White Plains wrote this for WPCNR ten years ago. I publish it again with respect.)

Memorial Day is not about division. It is about reconciliation; it is about coming together to honor those who gave their all.

“Let no vandalism of avarice or neglect, no ravages of time testify to the present or to the coming generations that we have forgotten as a people the cost of a free and undivided republic.” — General Logan – May 5, 1868

We need to remember with sincere respect those who paid the price for our freedoms; we need to keep in sacred remembrance those who died serving their country. We need to never let them be forgotten. However, over the years the original meaning and spirit of Memorial Day has faded from the public consciousness.

Memorial Day, originally called Decoration Day, is a day of remembrance for those who have died in our nation’s service. There are many stories as to its actual beginnings, with over two dozen cities and towns laying claim to being the birthplace of Memorial Day.

There is also evidence that organized women’s groups in the South were decorating graves before the end of the Civil War: a hymn published in 1867, “Kneel Where Our Loves are Sleeping” by Nella L. Sweet carried the dedication “To The Ladies of the South who are Decorating the Graves of the Confederate Dead” (Source: Duke University’s Historic American Sheet Music, 1850-1920).

While Waterloo N.Y. was officially declared the birthplace of Memorial Day by President Lyndon Johnson in May 1966, it’s difficult to prove conclusively the origins of the day. It is more likely that it had many separate beginnings; each of those towns and every planned or spontaneous gathering of people to honor the war dead in the 1860’s tapped into the general human need to honor our dead, each contributed honorably to the growing movement that culminated in Gen Logan giving his official proclamation in 1868.

It is not important who was the very first, what is important is that Memorial Day was established. Memorial Day is not about division. It is about reconciliation; it is about coming together to honor those who gave their all.

Memorial Day was officially proclaimed on 5 May 1868 by General John Logan, national commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, in his General Order No. 11, and was first observed on 30 May 1868, when flowers were placed on the graves of Union and Confederate soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery. The first state to officially recognize the holiday was New York in 1873. By 1890 it was recognized by all of the northern states.

The South refused to acknowledge the day, honoring their dead on separate days until after World War I (when the holiday changed from honoring just those who died fighting in the Civil War to honoring Americans who died fighting in any war).

It is now celebrated in almost every State on the last Monday in May (passed by Congress with the National Holiday Act of 1971 (P.L. 90 – 363) to ensure a three day weekend for Federal holidays), though several southern states have an additional separate day for honoring the Confederate war dead: January 19 in Texas, April 26 in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and Mississippi; May 10 in South Carolina; and June 3 (Jefferson Davis’ birthday) in Louisiana and Tennessee.

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COUNTY EXECUTIVE GEORGE LATIMER WITH DEPUTY COUNTY EXECUTIVE KEN JENKINS AT KENSICO DAM TODAY REPORTING MORE POSITIVE PROGRESS ON ROLLING BACK THE CORONAVIRUS EPIDEMIC IN WESTCHESTER. THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE SAID HIS NEXT REPORT WOULD BE ON JUNE 3, AND HE WOULD CONTINUE REPORTS ON MONDAYS ONLY THEREAFTER BEGINNING JUNE 7. HE ALSO REPORTED HOSPITALIZATIONS DOWN TO 56 FROM 63 THE LAST THREE WEEKS. WPCNR NOTES HOPSPITALIZATION RATE CONTINUES SLOW DECLINE DUE TO HIGHER NUMBER OF PERSONS INFECTED THREE WEEKS AGO — CURRENT INFECTION RATE WOULD RESULT IN 12 TO 14 HOSPITALIZATIONS IN TWO WEEKS.

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WPCNR VACCINATION POP-UP REPORT. From Archbishop  Stepinac High School May 26, 2021: Stepinac High School in White Plains New York has partnered with Sunshine Pharmacy, to provide an opportunity for people to receive the Pfizer COVID vaccination.  You do have to sign up online for the shot. Anyone over the age of 12 may receive the first vaccination.

The pharmacy will administer both shots at a pop- up clinic that will be set up at Stepinac, located at 950 Mamaroneck Avenue, White Plains.

The first shot will be available from 2 to 6 PM, Tuesday, June 1.  The second shot will be given on Tuesday, June 22, at the same time individuals received their first shot.

To sign up to receive the shots at Stepinac, click this following link:

https://hipaa.jotform.com/Sunshinepharmacy/stepinachs20210601

Questions should be addressed to the following individuals:

Nurse Pollard at Stepinac High School (cpollard@stepinac.org)

Or

Mr. Patel, Pharmacy Manager, Sunshine Pharmacy

Phone: 914-607-3939 Cell: 914-262-5339

mitesh@mysunshinepharmacy.com