Senator Golden Set to Honor American Veterans at Memorial Day Event

Brooklyn – State Senator Martin J. Golden (R-C-I, Brooklyn), a member of the State Senate Committee on Homeland Security, Military and Veteran Affairs, is today announcing that he will host his annual Memorial Day Breakfast and Awards Ceremony this Thursday, May 21, 2015, beginning at 9:30 A.M. at the Bay Ridge Manor, located at 476-76th Street in Brooklyn.

At the event, Senator Golden will present Korean War Medals to two veterans of the Korean War who never received this proper recognition. An award will be presented to a medically retired Staff Sergeant of the United States Marines, inducted into the New York State Senate Veterans Hall of Fame, and posthumously to the past President of the Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 72.

Senator Marty Golden stated, “This Memorial Day, we will again gather to remember those who have answered our country’s greatest call and left their mark on history. We will join together to honor true American heroes, and at the same time, never forget those who have not come home and those who are missing or prisoner today. 

Members of the media are welcome to attend.