{"id":36056,"date":"2025-11-11T14:42:34","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T14:42:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/36056\/"},"modified":"2025-11-11T14:42:34","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T14:42:34","slug":"marine-park-honors-local-heroes-at-annual-veterans-day-ceremony-brooklyn-paper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/36056\/","title":{"rendered":"Marine Park honors local heroes at annual Veterans Day ceremony \u2022 Brooklyn Paper"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Local leaders and residents celebrated neighborhood veterans on a Sunday morning ceremony. <\/p>\n

Photo by Arthur de Gaeta<\/p>\n

Marine Park<\/a> residents and local leaders gathered Sunday morning to pay tribute to the men and women who served in the U.S. Armed Forces.<\/p>\n

The annual Veterans Day<\/a> ceremony took place behind the Carmine Carro Community Center, where neighbors gathered to honor those who have defended the nation\u2019s freedoms.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"MarineLocal residents celebrate the contributions of veterans to America.Photo by Arthur de Gaeta \"\"Honorees and local leaders gather at the Carmine Carro Community Center.Photo by Arthur de Gaeta \"\"Honorees and local leaders gather at the Carmine Carro Community Center.Photo by Arthur de Gaeta<\/p>\n

Assembly Member Jaime Williams, State Sen. Roxanne Persaud, Brooklyn Parks Commissioner Marty Maher and Community Board 18 District Manager Sue Ann Partnow each took the podium to speak about the courage, selflessness and enduring spirit of America\u2019s veterans.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s honorees included Maher, Rudolph A Bryant, Anthony Caputo, Rudolph D. Late and Bernard Santangelo \u2014 each recognized for their service and continued dedication to the community.<\/p>\n

Addressing the crowd, Williams stressed that veterans\u2019 service often goes above and beyond the call of duty.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cThank you for coming out today as we celebrate our veterans. It\u2019s really, really important \u2014 they have served our country, they\u2019ve served our community \u2014 some of whom still continue to serve, whether they went to FDNY, NYPD, they\u2019re still serving our communities,\u201d she said. \u201cThey\u2019re your loved ones who fought for this country.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have to face the fact that every single day, our veterans \u2014 whether they\u2019re still serving or not \u2014 if they\u2019re wearing that uniform, that says so much,\u201d Williams went on. \u201cAnd we also see that carried on by others in uniform who continue to serve.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"Assembly Member Jaime Williams spoke about the sacrifices veterans make daily.Photo by Arthur de Gaeta \"\"Photo by Arthur de Gaeta \"\"Honorees and local leaders gather at the Carmine Carro Community Center.Photo by Arthur de Gaeta<\/p>\n

Maher \u2014 a 27-year veteran of the Coast Guard who served in the Persian Gulf War \u2014 asked audience members who\u2019ve served to \u201cstand and wave.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

\u201cNobody hates war more than the veterans. Across all the services \u2014 whether they served abroad or not \u2014 the sacrifice they make is just amazing,\u201d he said. \u201cBeing away from your family, being away from home and friends, being away from that free life that we so often take for granted.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Parks Chief of Staff, a former boatswain\u2019s mate in the Guard, has been involved with the Boy Scouts of America for more than 45 years \u2014 an organization he said on Sunday shares many of the same values as veterans.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Boy Scouts \u2014 their basic principles are duty to country, duty to others, and duty to self \u2014 and our veterans truly embody that,\u201d he said, calling out honoree Caputo \u2014 a United States Air Force veteran who, at a young age, restored local POW\/MIA flags around the borough as part of his work as an Eagle Scout. \u201cHe went on to continue that spirit of service, and for that, we are so proud.\u201d<\/p>\n

With reporting by Meaghan McGoldrick O\u2019Neil<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Local leaders and residents celebrated neighborhood veterans on a Sunday morning ceremony. Photo by Arthur de Gaeta Marine…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36057,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,21195,19646,21196,9,24,12,370,63,1979,19546],"class_list":["post-36056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-carmine-carro-community-center","tag-jaime-williams","tag-marine-park","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-news","tag-newsletter","tag-nyc","tag-veterans","tag-veterans-day"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36056"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36056\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}