Hicksville High School Hicksville, New York
| The Editors: | |
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| Buffalo Bob Casale '61 | Linda (Piccerelli) Hayden '60 |
| Pat (Koziuk) Driscoll '56 | Bob (Gleason) Wesley '61 |
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HICKSVILLE VIETNAM WAR ERA MEMORIAL - PROJECT UPDATE
With Memorial Day celebrated just before publication of this month's issue ofHixNews, I am sorry to report that we are in a donation drought. The last donation received was on April 4th; zero, nada, since! It doesn't please me to have to ask you for a donation each month, however, I must do so until we reach our goal of $25,000. Right now we have a total of $17,857 available to us, sufficient to build the Memorial, but not enough to maintain it after it is constructed. New and repeat donors are welcome, so please make a contribution today. Details on where to mail your donation check are contained in this month's Project Update, which appears in the Honoring Our Veterans tab of the newsletter.
In this month's Update, you will also see that a number of good things are happening to move our project towards completion.
Please remember, Memorial Day honors ALL our Veterans; those who paid the ultimate price for their service, those who survived war and those who served in other capacities in our Armed Forces. The Vietnam War directly affected many HHS graduates from the late 1950's through the early 1970's. It was an unpopular conflict and returning soldiers were often not treated with respect for their service. The war did help our country define post traumatic stress syndrome (PTSD) and from the war Americans learned to take their displeasure out on our politicians and not on our troops. As a result, today's soldiers are treated with the respect they deserve, just as those who returned from WWII and the conflicts before that time.
This is why a number of us who served during the Vietnam War Era are working hard to honor our Veterans from that period by building this Memorial in Hicksville. Please continue to help us accomplish our goal to unveil the Memorial at the Jerusalem Avenue School Memorial Gardens on Veteran's Day, 2018!
In addition, should you have any new information to report for either the Confirmed or Unconfirmed Lists of Names, particularly to fill in the missing data on the Confirmed List, please email me at
Joe Carfora, HHS 1962
Hicksville High School class of '67 Reunion is being planned. But this is the Big One: 50th Reunion. It will be at the Joseph Barry Knights of Columbus, Hicksville. We are starting early to give people time to make plans.
Click here to see the attached flyer for a description of what's in the offing for the weekend and the registration form.
We are asking people to register early and spread the word, Comets '67 to reunite again.
