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Annual Postal Service Veterans Day Remembrance Ceremony, the traditional opening to commemorations around the Capital Region. The outdoor program is open to the public and is a rain-or-shine event. |
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When: |
Thursday, November 10, 2017 at 1 pm |
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Patriots Way near the customer entrance of the Albany General Mail Facility |
Background: A wreath-laying ceremony will include representatives of the National Association of Letter Carriers Branch 29 and the American Postal Workers Union Local 234, based in the Albany area.
Honored guests include representatives of the Albany Vet Center and the Stratton VA Medical Center.
The program’s honoree is postal retiree Joseph Luksis, a Purple Heart decorated Infantryman with the US Army in WW2 and a retired postal worker from the Amsterdam Post Office. An Amsterdam native who graduated from Wilbur H. Lynch High School in 1941, Mr. Luksis retired from his hometown post office in 1982.
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