Rockland County honored local Gold Star families at a Remembrance Ceremony Friday at Haverstraw Bay Park. The ceremony honored residents who made the ultimate sacrifice during the Gulf War and the War on Terror and their families. Rockland County Executive Ed Day said he knows the roller coaster of emotions military families can go through, both as a former police officer and as the parent of two sons serving in the armed forces…
Former Spring Valley Police Chief, Purple Heart-recipient, and Vietnam veteran, Howard Goldin, awarded this year’s honor to the family of the first Rocklander and New Yorker to lose his life during Operation Desert Shield / Desert Storm in December 1990, Navy Seaman 22 year-old Gilbert Fontaine…
A memorial honoring Fontaine and other victims of the Gulf War and the War on Terror is located in Haverstraw Bay Park.