Around 170 Vietnam War veterans from the Hudson Valley region were honored for their services during a ceremony at the Newburgh Armory Unity Center on April 2.
It is the second such event in the region, which will be hosted annually until 2025 to honor as many veterans and surviving family members as possible, according to co-coordinator LisaMarie Hintze.
Hailing from a military family and long active in local veteran events, Hintze said she was happy to see the event grow from honoring eight attendees last year to standing room only this time.
Darcy Eiche (L), Joanne Sullivan, and LisaMarie Hintze (R) coordinated the event honoring Vietnam War veterans in Newburgh, N.Y., on April 1, 2023. (Cara Ding/The Epoch Times)
Christian Farrell, Orange County Veterans Services Director and the event’s keynote speaker, thanked the veterans for their sacrifices and commended their endurance in the face of hardships….