By John Montesano In January 2020, I departed from the usual Veteran-of-the-Month format to bring attention to the sacrifice our young men and women made in Desert Shield, Desert Storm, Operation Iraqi Freedom, and Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan). It was time to turn our attention to the loss of life...
Thirty-two panels with 104 names on each side are in the Oswego Village Hall through Monday, May 31, Memorial Day as a memorial in the Middle East Conflicts Wall of Honor.
The Middle East Conflict Wall of Honor arrives in Oswego with an escort from the state line of frontline worker vehicles including fire, police, public works and a motorcade of veteran motorcyclists. The Middle East Conflicts Wall of Honor represents fallen heroes from 2001 through 2016. As of February 2017,...
The Fox Valley Veterans Breakfast Club and village government of Oswego announced March 30, that the Middle East Conflicts Wall of Honor will be in Oswego Friday, May 21, through Memorial Day, Monday, May 31. The honored Wall visit, sponsored by the Oswego Honors Veterans committee, pays tribute to the...
The Fox Valley Veterans Breakfast Club, in conjunction with the Village of Oswego, will bring the Middle East Conflicts Wall of Honor to Oswego Friday, May 22, through Friday, May 31. Oswego Honors Veterans will pay tribute to and remember the sacrifices of all those who served. It will mark...
By John Montesano As we welcome in another new year and a new decade, many of us welcome a new set of resolutions. I am not much of a resolution-maker, but there is something that I have wished for every year: Peace on earth. Unfortunately, in my lifetime, there have...
