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The third annual event marked 50 years since the Vietnam War and connected veterans with essential resources.
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Dozens of marching bands and various representatives of the U.S. armed forces participated in the annual Memorial Day parade that marched down East Avenue and Main St. on Monday.
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Bob Persichitti, a 102-year-old Navy veteran who served in the Pacific during WWII, died recently while traveling to France for D-Day ceremonies.
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Culhane recently retired after a long career at RIT, and among his community efforts was helping to spearhead the construction of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial at Highland Park in Rochester.
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The City of Rochester had its Memorial Day Parade on Monday which is something it did not have the last couple of years due to the pandemic.
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After a two-and-a-half-year hiatus because of the pandemic, Honor Flight Rochester is back on track, with a group of veterans returning Sunday to the Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport.
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A local World War II veteran has received a special honor from two area organizations for his service more than 75 years ago.
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A program designed to help homeless veterans in Rochester is expanding. The Veterans Outreach Center is in the process of starting construction on an expansion of the Richards House.
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A local war hero has died. Gary Beikirch, a Medal of Honor recipient for his actions in the Vietnam War, had been suffering from cancer, and his daughter, Stephanie Lynn Zimmerli, said on Facebook that he died Sunday afternoon.
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Hundreds of spectators gathered along Long Pond Road in the town of Greece Monday to enjoy a Memorial Day parade.The annual parade, which honors military…