When Virginia Cervasio decided to dedicate her life to helping veterans, she learned that they have an unspoken “bond that no one could break,” she said. 

On the 20th anniversary of troops being deployed to Afghanistan, Nassau County Executive Laura Curran was joined by the Nassau County Veterans Service Agency (VSA), and local Veterans to break ground on a new war memorial 

Volunteers worked for roughly five hours, some of that time in hammering rain, in Eisenhower Park on Aug. 28 to assemble the pieces of a 375-foot-long, three-quarter-scale mobile replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

On the 20th anniversary of troops first being deployed to Afghanistan, Nassau County officials Thursday broke ground on a new memorial honoring the U.S. service members

EAST MEADOW, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — Nassau County is launching plans for a new memorial honoring veterans who lost their lives in Afghanistan and Iraq.

The memorial will be at Eisenhower Park in East Meadow.

Virginia has worked tirelessly to ensure veterans receive the love, assistance and support they need to recover and thrive.

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Two weeks after graduating from Locust Valley High School Angelo Cervasio shipped off to boot camp to join the Air Force. He served with the U.S. Military during Operation Southern Watch

A memorial commemorating veterans of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq is coming soon to East Meadow, Nassau County Executive Laura Curran announced Monday.