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Proposed VFW Connecticut License Plate Project

UPDATE: Three Reasons Why War Veterans Should Get a VFW License Plate (Project shelved)

▶️ Go to http://vfwplate.com/ for full details. July 10, 2024: After a year of effort, there was not enough expressed interest to support a VFW branded special interest license plate and the project has been shelved and the committee gave their final report at the July 2024 VFW Connecticut Council of Administration meeting. The Connecticut … Continue reading UPDATE: Three Reasons Why War Veterans Should Get a VFW License Plate (Project shelved)

New Haven Vietnam Veterans Memorial History

Macaluso, Laura A. The Public Artscape of New Haven : Themes in the Creation of a City Image. McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2018. (162-163) As Kirk Savage writes in Monument Wars, the middle of the twentieth century–an era of acknowledged American military achievement–coincided with years of decline for the public memorializing process (for example, the … Continue reading New Haven Vietnam Veterans Memorial History

ARCHIVES: Reclaiming a Park and Accenting Its Waterfront

Beach, Randall.  New York Times, Late Edition (East Coast); New York, N.Y.. 13 Sep 1992: CN1.  WHEN Michael Singer used to drive through New Haven on his way up and down the New England coast, he would cast a fleeting glance at the harbor, Long Island Sound and the long strip of marsh and parkland visible to … Continue reading ARCHIVES: Reclaiming a Park and Accenting Its Waterfront