July 22, 2016

UAV at ceremonies honoring heroes

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ELLENVILLE, N.Y. – During the long Independence Day weekend, the Organization for Defense of Four Freedoms for Ukraine (ODFFU) held its annual ceremony honoring heroes – all those Ukrainians who fought and died to gain Ukraine’s independence. The organizers of this year’s event were Stepan Kaczurak, president of ODFFU, and Jurij Mykytyn, president of the Ukrainian American Youth Association; the keynote speaker was a former president of the Ukrainian World Congress, Yuri Shymko. Various community leaders were invited to participate and place wreaths from their organizations at the heroes’ monuments at the UAYA resort in Ellenville, N.Y. Mr. Kaczurak asked Petro Polnyj, New York state commander of the Ukrainian American Veterans to participate with a UAV color guard. UAV Posts 17, 19 and 27 sent their members for this detail. Seen above at the ceremonies are Ukrainian American Veterans Mr. Polnyj, Nikolas Jakowiw, Walter Kovbasniuk, Wasyl Szozda and Zenko Halkowycz – Zenko Halkowycz

 

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