New York Riders

Happy Birthday to our Navy Corpsman !

Sending our thoughts and prayers.

Honor and Remember

Thank you NY State Police.

How tragic. Rest peacefully.

(Re-sharing post from a local page) We extend a big congratulations Big ol’ congrats to this guy .Darren Carey ... New VFW Post 9257 Commander - ( Putnam Lake). ... Please feel free to stop in at the post- the Olive Branch is going out to all. (You don’t have to be a member or veteran to come into the post! ) This is a community based post- come out to support us... Book your hall rental with Heather Karalis-Becker Post is open Friday-Saturday-Sunday. Congrats Darren Veterans for Veterans and the community. Pic is Darren and awesome sis Bronwyn.

Rifle Salute and Taps after presentation of the American Flag through the years.

Baby Duck Rescue On Monday May 10, the Town of Poughkeepsie Police Department was notified of some ducklings who were caught in a storm drain. Town of Poughkee...psie Police Officers and Animal Control Officer were dispatched to 52 Kingwood Park to see if they could assist. Upon arrival, PO Joe Lombardi found the ducklings, but could not get access to them because of the storm grate. PO Jeff Sinclair arrived on scene to lend a hand. The Town of Poughkeepsie Highway Department came out and removed several storm drain covers so PO Lombardi, PO Sinclair and ACO Cathy Edwards were able to scoop the ducklings up and bring them to safety. At the end of the day, when everyone was gone, the ACO waited for the mama duck to come out and collect her ducklings One by one they followed her home. Great job by all. Thank you to the Town of Poughkeepsie Highway Dept. for the assist!

Know someone that can play TAPS? Have them join in the challenge this Memorial Day.

We are honored to participate with the Brewster Elks in their Flag Day ceremony

Memorial Day Weekend, all are cordially invited to join in the dedication of Putnam County’s newest dedication to veterans and the lives lost and sacrificed in battle. Ceremony begins at 6pm, Sunday May 30th at Putnam County Veterans Memorial Park. 201 Gypsy Trail, Carmel NY.

Margaret Bourke-White, one of the pre-eminent photographers of the 20th century, pictured here atop New York City's Chrysler Building, was born on this day in 1...904. A staff photographer for Life magazine since its founding in 1936, one of her photos was featured on the cover of the very first issue of the famous news magazine. For decades, Bourke-White traveled the world photographing key events of her time. Early in her career, she took dramatic pictures of architecture and inside steel mills and factories, pioneering a new style of magnesium flare that allowed her to capture incredible details and earned her national renown. In 1930, she became the first Western photographer allowed to take pictures of Soviet industry during the Soviet five-year plan. Like her contemporary Dorothea Lange, she spent much of the 1930s photographing the downtrodden victims of America's Great Depression. When World War II broke out, Bourke-White was the first woman permitted to work in combat zones. She was the only foreign photographer in Moscow when German forces invaded and she captured the bombardment of the Kremlin in a series of dramatic photos. LIFE staff started referring to her as Maggie the Indestructible after repeatedly coming under fire and surviving being on a torpedoed ship in the Mediterranean, stranded on an Arctic island, and getting pulled out of Chesapeake Bay after a helicopter crash. While attached to General Patton's forces in Germany, she was one of the first photographers to document the horrors of the Buchenwald concentration camp after it was liberated. The following year, she photographed Mahatma Gandhi in India, including taking a now iconic photo of him at his spinning wheel. She is considered "one of the most effective chroniclers" of the violence that erupted during the partition of India and Pakistan. Bourke-White had a reputation for being relentless in her pursuit of the perfect photograph to embody her subject. "I feel that utter truth is essential," she asserted, "and to get that truth may take a lot of searching and long hours." For two non-fiction works about her life and photography, we recommend "Margaret Bourke-White: Moments in History" (https://amzn.to/38ZX8OU) and "Margaret Bourke-White and the Dawn of Apartheid" (https://amzn.to/32YIZxG) For a historical fiction novel about Margaret Bourke-White, we also recommend Girl with a Camera: Margaret Bourke-White, Photographer for ages 12 and up at https://www.amightygirl.com/girl-with-a-camera She is also one of the women featured in Reporting Under Fire: 16 Daring Women War Correspondents and Photojournalists for ages 12 and up: https://www.amightygirl.com/reporting-under-fire For an extraordinary new book for adult readers about three more groundbreaking journalists who paved the way for female war correspondents, we highly recommend "You Don't Belong Here: How Three Women Rewrote the Story of War" at https://www.amightygirl.com/you-don-t-belong-here For two children's books about another famous female photographer, Dorothea Lange, we recommend "Dorothea's Eyes: Dorothea Lange Photographs the Truth," for ages 6 to 10 (https://www.amightygirl.com/dorothea-s-eyes) and "Dorothea Lange" for ages 5 to 8 (https://www.amightygirl.com/dorothea-lange-faces-of-depress) To introduce children and teens to more trailblazing women like Margaret Bourke-White, visit our "Role Models" biography section at http://amgrl.co/2wRJudE Credit: This photo of Margaret Bourke-White was taken by her dark room assistant Oscar Graubner.

On September 11th as our country was attacked, NYPD cops and so many of our first responder partners showed unrivaled courage, patriotism, and dedication to service. This is so much of what America’s flag stands. Happy #FlagDay!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ARMY ! This year marks 246 years of the U.S. Army serving and defending our country.

Flag Day 2021 Thank you to all who have fought to defend our flag and freedoms. What could be more patriotic than displaying the American Flag from your home or business. Today is Flag Day, take the time to proudly display our flag

Great Breakfast at Brewster VFW Thanks to all who came out

On Saturday Salute, we honor game show host and animal rights activist Bob Barker. Before gaining fame for his 35-year stint hosting the Price is Right, Barker ...served in the U.S. Navy from 1942-1945. After finishing college, Barker enlisted as a naval aviation cadet and later trained to become a fighter pilot until World War II ended. See more

Women’s Veterans Day. We thank you for your service and bravery. Saturday, June 12 is Women Veterans Day, a day marked to honor women who have served and who currently serve in the United States military. The day is the anniversary of the signing of the Women's Armed Services Integration Act on June 12, 1948.

Funeral Mission Dec 16,2020. #SupportOurVeterans

Let’s all pray he ejected and survived.

Local business doing amazing and wonderful things to give back to veterans. Thank you Patterson Auto Body

Way to go dad!!

Sunday Dec 13 if you are available to help the Croton Falls Fire Dept welcome home one of their own.

Titled My Hero, My Friend, Norris’ newest statue is a life-size bronze sculpture of a military working dog wearing a Purple Heart, mourning the loss of its two-legged companion. Beautiful