February 13, 2021 at 7:25 AM
PATERSON, NJ - The service of African Americans from Paterson and Passaic County, was held at Veterans Park at Hayden Heights on Thursday. Regardless of where or in what capacity those soldiers served, it was said, all risked, and many gave, life and limbs to protect our nation’s freedom, life, and liberty.
“Why are we here?” Tony Vancheri, president of the Paterson’s Veterans Council asked at the outset of the event. “We don t need a special day, or week, or even a month to honor our brave men and women here at Veterans Memorial Park. Why? Because they are honored every day of the year at Veterans Memorial Park s, ‘Hill of Heroes.’