Life was anything but easy growing up on Cutler Street during the early 1940s. At the time, the bustling street in Schenectady’s Mont Pleasant neighborhood was crowded with low-income and immigrant families. Poverty was common, and there was seldom time to do anything but work.
Dominique Mann, 12, of Schenectady, stands on the step of a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter parked near the playground of Woodlawn Elementary School, as Lt. Brandon Reynolds, HHC 42nd Bridgade in Latham shows students the inside of the helicopter Friday as part of a Veteran's Day celebration at the school that featured demonstrations and hands-on activities.
Gale Longobardo looks on as 40 doves are released to honoring the service and memory of her son, Joseph Anthony Longobardo, a former Amsterdam town native and state trooper killed in the line of duty at the conclusion of the Veteran's Day Parade in Amsterdam on Saturday afternoon.
Second grader Thomas Thurber takes a few moments to blow on his flag during a program honoring veterans on Monday at Radez Elementary School in Richmondville.
George Watson passes the microphone to Anthony Shimakonis after introducing himself at a program honoring veterans on Monday at Radez Elementary School in Richmondville.
Ron Edmonson of the Zone 5 Commandry of New York State listens to the National Anthem at the start of the 10th annual Veteran's Day ceremony at the Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery on Tuesday.
Bonnie Williams, right, performs "Climb Every Mountain" at the 10th annual Veteran's Day ceremony at the Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery on Tuesday.
Howe International Magnet School student Elizabeth Maloney reads her Veteran's Day essay at the 10th annual Veteran's Day ceremony at the Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery on Tuesday.
Karen McKenna and her granddaughter, Michaela Zehrfutis, 5, both of Clifton Park, say the Pledge of Allegiance at the 10th annual Veteran's Day ceremony at the Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery on Tuesday.
Ernest Belanger of the Saratoga National Cemetery Honor Guard Association plays Taps at the conclusion of the 10th annual Veteran's Day ceremony at the Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery on Tuesday.
Jill Schuler, left, her daughter Bella, 5, and Suzanne Schuler, right, all of Sharon Springs, huddle under a blanket as they listen to speeches during the 10th annual Veteran's Day ceremony at the Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery on Tuesday.
The Saratoga National Cemetery Honor Guard Association posts the colors at the beginning of the 10th annual Veteran's Day ceremony at the Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery on Tuesday.
Tom Dorsey, foreground, a Native American program manager with the Stratton Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and psychologist/admininistrator Bruce Nelson speak Tuesday at the Iroquois Indian Museum in Howes Cave.
Iroquois Indian Museum educator Mike Tarbell, back left, speaks to Stratton Veterans Affairs Medical Center program manager Tom Dorsey, right, and a group of visitors to the museum on Tuesday.
Tom Dorsey, a Native American program manager with the Stratton Veterans Affairs Medical Center, speaks Tuesday at the Iroquois Indian Museum in Howes Cave.
