U.S. Army veteran Carleen Ybarra, accompanied by her husband David, teaches their 5-year-old son David about the Korean War at the memorial dedicated to the local service members who died in that conflict at the entrance to Crawford Park on Memorial Day, Monday, May 27. The Ybarras are Rye Brook residents. (Richard Abel/Westmore News)
Vietnam veterans Jessie Harris of Port Chester and Steve Vespia of Rye Brook place a memorial wreath at the monument to Rye Town’s World War II and Korean War dead in Veterans’ Memorial Park at the corner of Westchester Avenue and North Regent Street during the final Memorial Day service on Monday, May 27. (Richard Abel/Westmore News)
Members of the Port Chester American Legion Firing Team fire a 3-shot volley to honor all veterans who died at sea at the Port Chester Marina on Abendroth Avenue during the first of nine brief services of remembrance at the various memorials throughout the Village of Port Chester and in Crawford Park to recognize Memorial Day. (Richard Abel/Westmore News)
Port Chester Navy veteran Gary Stracuzzi observes the ceremony at Veterans’ Memorial Park from one of the benches listing the names of all Rye Town residents who served in World War I. (David Tapia/Westmore News)
Retired Port Chester Police Lieutenant James Cahill and former Port Chester Fire Chief Michael DeVittorio place a memorial wreath at the Vietnam War memorial at the corner of King Street and Putnam Avenue. (Richard Abel/Westmore News)
Members of the Port Chester American Legion Firing Team stand at attention while bugler Anthony Bubbico Jr. plays Taps at the William James Memorial dedicated to a wounded and now deceased World War II veteran adjacent to the Byram River near the Greenwich border on North Main Street. (Richard Abel/Westmore News)
Members of the Port Chester American Legion Firing Team fire a 3-shot volley to honor all deceased veterans of the Spanish American War at the Spanish American War memorial in Summerfield Park. (Richard Abel/Westmore News)
Former Port Chester Fire Chief Michael DeVittorio speaks about the history of the Civil War monument at the corner of New Broad and Pearl streets, where the large American flag, flying at half staff, flutters in the wind. (Richard Abel/Westmore News)
Veterans and Port Chester, Rye Town, County and State elected officials line up for a group shot after the final ceremony at Veterans’ Memorial Park. (Richard Abel/Westmore News)
