A local American Legion post commemorated its namesake with a weekend of events. Samuel Young American Legion Post 620 Rededication Ceremony was celebrated on Saturday, October 6 and Sunday, October 7 commemorating the end of World War I and founding of the American Legion. The celebration featured several audio visual displays highlighting different aspects of the war, film screenings, WWI re-enactors and a professional actor Alex Morf reading handwritten letters that the post’s namesake, Samuel Young, wrote home when he was in training and while he journeyed to the front lines in Europe.
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The Post’s extensive exhibit featured photographs and artwork dating back to WWI.
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Assemblyman Michael Benedetto (c) addressed the significance of the day’s ceremony.
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Theodore Korony American Legion Post 253’s Joseph Mondello (l) and Patrick Devine attended the historic occasion.
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Edward Ludermann and Lillian Fehler reenacted WWl scenes and gave insight into the era.
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Post 620’s WWI-themed exhibits featured many artifacts from ‘The Great War’.
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