Quinebaug Valley Community College will celebrate Veterans Day on Wednesday, November 11 with a virtual ceremony, highlighting the addition and dedication of 19 new bricks to the Veterans Garden. The virtual ceremony will also include greetings from QVCC’s Dr. Rose R. Ellis and several local legislators.
Messages from legislators include Senator Richard Blumenthal, Senator Mae Flexer, Congressman Joe Courtney, Representative Anne Dauphinais, and Representative Pat Boyd. The Presentation of Colors will be done by the American Legion of Putnam, CT and the musical selection will be performed by Linda Colangelo.
Over 400 bricks already lie in QVCC’s Veterans Garden, which was built in 2010 with the goal of having a place where local veterans could be honored and remembered for their service. The new bricks added this year honor the following servicemen and servicewomen:
James L. Ayers
US Army, World War II
Lester E. Day
US Army, World War II
Joseph Dziki
USMC, World War II
Roland J. Farfand
US Navy, WWII Seabees
David A. Griffiths
USAF, THS, 1965-1970
SGT Paul A. LaJeunesse
US Army
ENCM John D. Lord
US Navy, Vietnam
George E. Marczac
US Coast Guard, Vietnam
Dennis J. Matteau
US Army, Vietnam
Floyd R. Merriman
US Army, 75 INF, World War II
Al Orlomoski
US Army, 1946-1949
11 AB, JAPAN
Steven F. Orlomoski
US Air Force, 1979-2013
Ray Porier
US Air Force AMISTCL, AF12501599
SGT E. Spooner
Operation Freedom, 2012-2013
Darrell E. Stevens
US Navy, Vietnam, 1970
George J. Thivierge
US Army, Korea
SPC5 VJ Ward
US Army, 1966-1968
SP5 John W. Warner
US Army, Vietnam
SPC5 Bruce Allen Waterman
US Army, Vietnam