30 September 2024 5:00 P.M.
A message received by CVB from Al Urso;
The Marine Corps League, Department of Connecticut is always looking for new members. If you live in CT and do not know the nearest detachment, send me a message with your zip code and I will get you in contact with the closest detachment.
The Hardware City Detachment, New Britain, CT will hold its next meeting on Wednesday, October 2nd, 2024 at the VFW Hall 152 Massirio Dr. Berlin CT at 18:30 hours. Stop in and make new friends. Find out what the Marine Corps League is all about. If you are unable to the meeting please, send me a message with any questions.
Ask about our Marine Corps League Honor Guard Detachment: The Hardware City Detachment is the only Marine Funeral Honors Detail in CT. Any detachment member can apply for membership to the Military Honor Guard.
Mission: Provide Military Honors for funerals, memorial services, Dedication ceremonies, and other civic occasions as may be requested.
Both, the Department and the Detachment(s) offer yearly College Scholarships to Members, dependents/descendants.
Anybody have questions? Find out more,
send me a message.
“Once a Marine, Always a Marine.”
Al Urso
MCL Detachments
Brass City Memorial #31
Contact Name: James A. Lauber Contact Email: brigmarine58@gmail.com
2205 BALDWIN STREET WHEELER YOUNG VFW POST 201, Waterbury, CT 6706, USA
Hardware City #781
Contact Name: James Soder Email Contact: 412redbone@att.net
VFW Hall 152 Massirio Drive Berlin, CT 06037 USA
Hat City #36
Memorial Dr in Rogers Park Pat Waldron Veterans Hall, Danbury, CT 6810, USA
Housatonic #1129
Contact Name: Thomas L Jackson Email Contact: jackson.west@att.net
100 Veterans Blvd, Stratford, CT 06615, USA
Lock City #910
Pat Battinelli
937 Hope St. Glenbrook Athletic Club, STAMFORD, CT 6907, USA
Mahackemo #37
Contact Name: Daniel Caporale Contact Email: danielcaporale@att.net
60 County Street American Legion Post 12, Norwalk, CT 06851, USA
Northwest #42
Contact Name: Russell Duntz, Jr. Email Contact: russellduntz@gmail.com
104 S Canaan Rd, Canaan, CT 06018, USA
Peter P. Monaco Jr. #40
Contact Name: John Ploskonka Contact Email: ploskonka.john@yahoo.com
980 Chestnut Hill Rd ,South Glastonbury, CT 06073, USA
Ridgefield #44
Contact Name: Richard Truitt
31 Halpin Lane Detachment Home, Ridgefield, CT 6877, USA
Southington Memorial #46
Contact Name: Nicole Morin Email Contact: nicolemorin1980@gmail.com
American Legion Hall 64 Main St, Southington, CT 06489, USA
Thames River #1334
Contact Name: William A Barnes Email Contact: iambarnes@gmail.com
Montville VFW 10060 Raymond Hill Rd, Montville, CT 6382, USA
Torrington Memorial #1142
153 South Main St. Torrington Armory, TORRINGTON, CT 6790, USA
Valley #48
Contact Name: James Gazlay Email Contact: jghomeworks@yahoo.com
56 WEST ST Detachment Home, SEYMOUR, CT 6483, USA
I am not a veteran. I am a member of the Civil Air Patrol, the United States Air Force Auxiliary. But in 1991, personal loss brought me to a place I never left.
Over two decades later, that loss led me to the State Veterans Cemetery in Middletown, Connecticut, where I took on the coordination of Wreaths Across America — which grew into the largest and fastest growing veterans program in the state. I didn’t do it for recognition. I did it for them.
In 2016 I founded the Connecticut Veterans Bulletin. Not because I served, but because I believe those who did deserve to be honored, connected, and kept alive.
Twenty-two veterans die by suicide every day. I knew about that number before it became a hashtag. I knew it personally, long before anyone was talking about it.
This publication exists because that number is unacceptable. Because every veteran in Connecticut deserves to know someone gives a damn.
That someone is me.
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