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Councilman Gjonaj hosts Veterans Day Breakfast
Councilman Mark Gjonaj hosted a Veterans Day Breakfast at Villa Barone Manor on Sunday, November 10 as a prelude the annual Veteran’s Day Parade in Throggs
(top right) Councilman Mark
Gjonaj (c) receives award from
American Legion Post #620
and lieutenant colonel Ron
Watson (l).
(2nd row left) U.S. Army tank
crewman Hugh Ferry with his
wife, lieutenant colonel Ron
Watson (l) and Councilman
Mark Gjonaj (r).
(2nd row right) U.S. Navy WWII
veteran and retired NYPD offi
cer William Michael Corbett,
Jr. (c) with his family, lieutenant
colonel Ron Watson (l) and
Councilman Mark Gjonaj (r).
(3rd row) The family of veteran
Hugh Finnegan with lieutenant
colonel Ron Watson (l) and
Councilman Mark Gjonaj (c).
4th row left) Judy Lanci of
Theodore Korony Post #253
(l) presents an award from an
Afghani troop to Councilman
Mark Gjonaj.
(4th row right) Judy Lanci of
Theodore Korony Post #253
(l) presents an award from an
Afghani troop to Councilman
Mark Gjonaj. Photos by Miriam Quin
(top left) FDNY sergeant and
US Marine veteran Christopher
Slutman with Councilman
Mark Gjonaj (r), lieutenant
colonel Ron Watson
and other members of the
FDNY.
2nd row) family and friends
of U.S. Navy veteran Patrick
Frawley accepts a City Council
citation on his behalf.
(3rd row left) Parade grand
marshal Roberto Oviedo (c)
with his wife, Rita, lieutenant
colonel Ron Watson (l)
and Councilman Mark Gjonaj
(r).
(3rd row right) Honoree
Robert Emmett Keaveny (c)
with lieutenant Ron Watson
(l) and Councilman Mark
Gjonaj.
(4th row left) Life Achievement
Award winner Cathy
Praino (c) with lieutenant
colonel Ron Watson (l) and
Councilman Mark Gjonaj.
4th row right) Bernard Digregorio
(c) along with his
family, lieutenant Ron Watson
(l) and Councilman Mark
Gjonaj
Neck. At the breakfast, Gjonaj honored local veterans and their families for their service and dedication to protecting our country.
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