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Appreciation
night set for vets
PUTNAM — Putnam’s Mayotte Viens Post 13 American Legion will be holding a Membership and Veterans Appreciation Night from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Oct. 27 at the Putnam Knights of Columbus Hall on Providence Street.
The invitation is open to all local American Legion members and U.S. military veterans alike. Food and soft drinks will be provided, as well as a cash bar.
The guest speakers will be Post 13 Senior Vice Commander Michael Rocchetti, an Iraq war veteran and retired USAF officer, who will talk about burn pits; and Greg Stringfellow, the VA’s Regional Congressional Liaison, who will talk about the PACT ACT - a new law that expands VA health care and benefits for veterans exposed to burn pits and other toxic substances. This law will provide generations of veterans, and their survivors, with the care and benefits they’ve earned and deserve. The PACT Act is perhaps the largest health care and benefit expansion in VA history.
This event will be an opportunity for Putnam’s American Legion Post 13 to thank the community’s veterans for their service, to promote the American Legion, to share valuable information, to preserve the memories and incidents of our associations in all wars, to inculcate a sense of patriotism and love of country, and to foster comradeship by our devotion to mutual helpfulness.
According to Post 13’s Commander Michael Vassar, an USMC veteran, “This is the first event of this sort, and hopefully, there will be many more if there is enough interest.”
For more information, contact Michael Rocchetti, phone (860) 033-5193, email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
The American Legion provides free benefits including counseling, advocacy for superior health care, support for veterans making the transition to civilian careers and help for the homeless.
In service to THOSE WHO DEFEND OUR NATION, The American Legion promotes a decent quality of life, an adequately funded Department of Defense, fair military retirement benefits, free discharge review services and, at the local level, home-front support for the men and women in harm’s way.
In support of our nation’s YOUTH, The American Legion provides and operates life-changing programs including Boys State and Boys Nation, American Legion Baseball, Junior Shooting Sports, oratorical competitions, Scouting units and much more.
As leading ambassadors of AMERICANISM, The American Legion provides U.S. Flag education, leads patriotic ceremonies and services, and promotes legal citizenship and naturalization and more.
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