HomeMy Public PortalAbout3/22/2022 Proclamation: HONORING THOSE WHO SERVED IN VIETNAM ON NATIONAL VIETNAM WAR VETERANS DAYELECTED OFFICIALS:
Mark S. Sideris,
Council President
Watertown City Council
Administration Building
149 Main Street
Watertown, MA 02472
Phone: 617-972-6470
PROCLAMATION HONORING THOSE WHO SERVED IN VIETNAM
ON NATIONAL VIETNAM WAR VETERANS DAY
VincentJ. Piccirilli, Jr.,WHEREAS: President Barack Obama proclaimed May 28, 2012, through November 11,
Vice President &
District C Councilor 2025 as the Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the Vietnam War, and
John M. Airasian WHEREAS: President Donald Trump signed into law, the Vietnam War Veterans
Councilor At Large Recognition Act of 2017, designating every March 291h as National Vietnam War Veterans
Caroline Bays Day, and
Councilor At Large WHEREAS: On this National Vietnam War Veterans Day of 2022, the City of Watertown
John G. Gannon, heeds the call of the nation to commemorate and honor the ultimate sacrifice of those who
Councilor At Large fought and died during the Vietnam War, and
Anthony Palomba, WHEREAS: The City of Watertown wishes to recognize the roughly 500 Veterans from
Councilor At Large
our city who served in that war and to recognize their families, and
Nicole Gardner,
District Councilor WHEREAS: The City of Watertown remembers and honors the lives lost during that war,
and pays special attention to the following Sons of Watertown who lost their lives during
Lisa J. Feltner, that war:
District B Councilor
• James Patrick Casey, Warrant Officer, Army
Emily Izzo, . Paul James Gorman, Private First Class, Marine Corps
District Councilor, . Frederick E. Harrington, Jr., Corporal, Army
• John Robert Johnson, Private First Class, Army
• Daniel Joseph Minahan, First Lieutenant, Marine Corps
• John H. Moreno, Sergeant, Marine Corps
• Richard Stephen Moxley, Private First Class, Marine Corps
• William Kenneth Regan, Sergeant, Army
• John Joseph Sullivan, Private First Class, Army
• Paul Joseph Sullivan, First Lieutenant, Army
NOW THEREFORE BE IT PROCLAIMED: That the City of Watertown hereby
proclaims Tuesday, March 29, 2022, as
NATIONAL VIETNAM WAR VETERANS DAY
IN WITNESS HEREOF,
I have hereunto set my hand and caused the
Great Seal of the City of Watertown to be
Affixed on this 22"d day of March 2022.
Mark S. Sid, Courfcil President
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