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  • Woodlawn Honors Veterans in the Community at 97th Annual Memorial Day Service at Woodlawn Heights War Memorial

    Dedicated on July 4, 1925, the Woodlawn Heights War Memorial was erected in honor of those who valiantly served our country in the First World War.  The Stony Creek granite monument, located at East 238th Street and Oneida Avenue, depicts a pedestal topped with a ball and eagle.  The bronze plaques list the names of those …
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  • Head Outside to Embrace National Great Outdoors Month

    National Great Outdoors Month is celebrated each year in June.  National Great Outdoors Month aims to encourage people to get outside and contribute to the preservation of natural spaces.  The month-long celebration inspires people to enjoy the world we live in by exercising, volunteering, or just enjoying nature.  During National Great Outdoors Month, we celebrate our nation’s vast …
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  • Flags for Every Hero: Flagging Tradition at Woodlawn

    Observed on the last Monday of May, Memorial Day is a day of remembrance for those who have died in service to our country.  Originally known as Decoration Day, the idea took root during the American Civil War when citizens placed flowers on the graves of those who had been killed in battle.  After the First World …
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  • Celebrating Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

    During the month of May, we celebrate the cultures, traditions, and history of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the U.S.  The first Japanese immigrants came to the U.S. in May 1843 and it was during the same month in 1869 that the transcontinental railroad was completed, a major feat achieved primarily through the hard …
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