East Bronx History Forum’s Antique Road Show
Donations needed
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Consider donating new
gift items to Jeanne Jugan
Residence, located at 2999
Schurz Avenue. These items
can be sold annually in their
gift shop and Christmas Bazaar.
They have a special
need for brand new toys.
Other items include costume
jewelry, gift sets, electronic
items, specialty items, new
tagged clothing, accessories
and collectibles. They are
unable to take VHS, used
dish sets, loose glassware/
vases, books or used bedding
of any kind. If you
have a question concerning
a donation call Joanne at
(347) 329-1800.
Drop off week days if possible.
Make sure donations
are securely packaged and
labeled Gift Shop/Joanne.
The Huntington Free Library
and Reading Room
announces the East Bronx
History Forum will hold its
10th Annual Bronx Antique
Road Show on Wednesday,
June 19. The Antique Roadshow
has developed into the
most anticipated event of the
year and this year will be
special. Members and new
guests have searched their
basements, attic and family
collections with amazing results.
Each year promises to
be the best yet. This year’s
mystery item and prize will
be only on view at the meeting.
The East Bronx History
Forum meets to discuss
Bronx History and held its
fi rst meeting June 2005. All
meetings are free and open
to the public at the Huntington
Free Library and
Reading Room, located at 9
Westchester Square.
Please arrive early and
get a seat up front and avoid
the crowd.
Members and guests that
participate in the Antique
Road Show will have one or
two items from their Bronx
collection or family history
available for exhibit and
discussion. The forum welcomes
members who have a
historical item or old items
from their personal collection.
The members will talk
about how they acquired the
item, its age and its connection
to history. Participants
may bring an object or provide
documents, newspaper
articles and photographs for
display.
Also on exhibit are over 60
historical beer and medicine
bottles from 1860 to 1900.
This will be the last
monthly meeting of the season,
with the East Bronx
History Forum returning on
September 18.
The EBHF leads walking
tours during the summer
months when there are
no meetings. View the East
Bronx History Forum on Facebook
and at BronxNYC.
com. Street parking is free
after 7 p.m.
I was unable to attend the
Bronx County Convention
and everything I have heard
has been positive. Thanks to
all that were able to attend.
Those that were able to attend
the fi rst annual Canoe/Camping
trip up the Delaware River
had a great time with top notch
chow, great weather, plenty of
libations and all the fresh air
you could suck in. We will be
doing this again and hope to
see more people sign up next
year.
Plans in the works for setting
up a fi shing trip again
this year, date and time to be
announced, probably in September.
The July 4th BBQ being
run by the Boosters is
coming up fast, the date is Saturday,
July 6, from 1 to 5 p.m.
at $20 a head. The usual BBQ
spread.
Meetings are shut down till
September but the post is open
regular operating hours for
your enjoyment. Come down
and support and take advantage
of the place. It is your
house to enjoy. That’s all for
now.
We are stronger as one, let’s
work together.
God bless America.
BY FRANK VERNUCCIO
Let’s commit a modern heresy,
and allege that there are
instances in which patriotism
rightfully takes precedence
over personal gain. Politics
is, indeed, a blood sport. But
even in the gladiatorial contests
of party rivalry, there
are some rare issues which
should, but unfortunately do
not, transcend partisanship.
There are several such
challenges to the nation today
that meet that criteria. The
fact that some within the nation’s
warring factions cannot
put aside their bitterness
reveals a great deal about how
divided America has become,
and the disastrous superseding
of group loyalty and special
interests over patriotism.
Put aside the platitude that
there are always two sides to
every story. Sometimes, that’s
simply not accurate.
There can be no factualbased
argument that Iran does
not poses a danger to the U.S.,
its allies, and its interests. Its
threats are manifest in both
word and deed. Extensive, numerous
attempts at appeasement
have thoroughly failed;
indeed, they have exacerbated
the problem. The Mullahs
have interpreted these moves
not as overtures of peace,
but as indications of weakness.
Throughout the eight
years of the Obama Administration,
nearly every Middle
Eastern move made by Washington
was geared towards
signaling goodwill towards
the Tehran regime. Beyond
gestures, highly substantive
acts were undertaken. The
premature withdrawal of
American troops from Iraq;
the signing of a nuclear deal
which, after a relatively short
period of time gave Iran the
unchecked ability to develop
atomic weapons; the delivery
to Iran of pallet-loads of cash
without any strings attached;
the distancing of Washington
from its primary ally, Israel
in the region; and the Justice
Department’s slow-walking
investigations of Iranconnected
criminal activity
within the U.S. are just a few
headline examples.
Despite that, there are
those that continue to oppose
the current White House’s
logical moves to reduce the
Iranian threat, not through a
conviction that there is a better
plan, but simply because
they seek an advantage in the
2020 election.
A similar tact can be seen
in opposition to attempts to
end China’s outrageous trade
practices, its intellectual
property theft, its massive
espionage, and its attempts to
buy infl uence. This is a bipartisan
lack of goodwill. Many
Democrats oppose the President
simply because their
animosity towards him overrides
everything else. Many
elected offi cials of both parties
have business relationships
with China that would
suffer in the short term if an
all-out trade war, which the
U.S. would ultimately win,
occurred.
And fi nally, the most absurd
example of all, illegal
immigration. There can be
no rational argument made
that allowing vast numbers of
desperately needy, low-skilled
individuals to enter the nation
unchecked for contagious
disease, criminal records, or
ties to terrorism benefi ts he
American taxpayer who will
pay for their maintenance.
The New York Times notes
“At the current pace of nearly
100,000 migrants each month,
offi cials say more than a million
people will have tried to
cross the border in a 12-month
period…The fl ow of migrant
families has reached record
levels, with February totals
560 percent above those for
the same period last year.”
The only point even worthy of
discussion is the moral case
for helping one’s fellow humans.
However, as Charles
Butler, a radio commentator
from Chicago notes, there is
domestic poverty and needy
families who are American
citizens. Federal, state and local
governments have a clear
obligation to provide for them
before spending on illegals.
The clear reason that Democrats
turn an intentional
blind eye to the enormous
problems resulting from illegal
immigration is that they
believe, correctly if history
is any precedent, that, at least
for the fi rst generation or
two, those individuals, currently
unlawfully but eventually,
if a path to citizenship
is provided, legally, will vote
for them. They are joined by
many corporate moguls who
enjoy the fact that the fl ood of
illegals depresses wages.
George Washington presciently
disdained political
parties for the precise reasons
affl icting America in
the 21st Century. As noted by
Mount Vernon.org, The “most
important reason was he believed
unity, not division, was
necessary for a democratic
republic to survive. Washington
believed that political
parties would divide and destroy
the young United States.
His thought, in what became
known as the Farewell Address
in 1796, is clear: ‘the
spirit of party serves always
to distract the public councils
and enfeeble the public
administration. It agitates the
community with ill-founded
jealousies and false alarms,
kindles the animosity of one
part against another, foments
occasionally riot and insurrection.’”
/Vernon.org