SAR Flag Remembrance Ceremony Veteran Suicide Awareness & Remembrance Day

SAR Flag Remembrance Ceremony Veteran Suicide Awareness & Remembrance Day

 

(Mount Sinai, NY) – On a special day marked by Suffolk County, established by a unanimously-passed resolution from Suffolk County Legislator Chad Lennon, Major USMC Reserves, delivered the keynote address at the SAR Flag Remembrance Ceremony (Suicide Awareness & Remembrance Flag Family) on Sunday September 22nd

Lennon delivered the keynote address and was joined by the leaders of SAR Flag, other elected officials, and representatives of numerous Veterans service organizations and local civic associations for a special SAR Flag Remembrance Ceremony (Suicide Awareness & Remembrance Flag Family) on Sunday September 22, 2024.  The ceremony was held at the Heritage Center – NSYC in Mount Sinai, New York.

September 22nd has been designated this year, and in the future, as “Veteran Suicide Awareness & Remembrance Day” in the county.

“We recognized this day today by honoring the families of two veterans we lost to suicide. However, we will continue to combat this epidemic as a community and fight to bring this number to zero,” said Legislator Chad Lennon (LD-6).

This moving and patriotic ceremony brought together more than 100 family members, friends, and fellow Veterans to help honor Major Victor Gronenthal and Specialist Anthony Martinelli, both US Army Veterans lost to suicide.