[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 136 (Friday, September 27, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1731]
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  TRIBUTE TO THE THREE VILLAGE POST NO. 336 OF THE JEWISH WAR VETERANS

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                         HON. MICHAEL P. FORBES

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 26, 1996

  Mr. FORBES. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to the Jewish 
War Veterans of the United States of America, a venerable veterans' 
organization that is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year.
  In particular, Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues in the U.S. House of 
Representatives to join me in saluting the Three Village Post No. 336 
of the Jewish War Veterans, located in Port Jefferson Station, Long 
Island, NY. As members of America's armed services, Three Village Post 
members served their country with exemplary patriotic duty. As part of 
the Jewish War Veterans they epitomize those patriotic ideals, striving 
to maintain recognition of their comrades' sacrifices, while working to 
protect the rights and well-being of all veterans.
  The oldest, continuously active veterans organization in the United 
States, the Hebrew Union Veterans Association was established on March 
15, 1896 by Civil War veterans of the Union Army. Part of the group's 
original function was to help dispel the persistent falsehood that Jews 
did not serve in the Civil War. After World War I, when the group's 
rolls ballooned, they changed their name to the Jewish War Verterans--
USA.
  To celebrate the J.W.V. centennial anniversary, on Sunday, October 
27, the Three Village Post will hold a special ceremony at the North 
Shore Jewish Center, in Setauket. At the centennial celebration, post 
members, their family, friends, and supporters will pay homage to those 
Jewish War Veterans who have fought and sacrificed in defense of 
democracy, so that America may remain strong and its people free. As 
Post Commander Robert Sandberg wrote to me, in a brief history of 
J.W.V. and Post No. 366: ``The J.W.V. can be doubly proud. First, that 
we can live peacefully and freely in this wonderful country, and 
second, that American Jews themselves and their forebears fought and 
helped win that peace and freedom.''
  Since establishing its charter on January 27, 1975, the Three Village 
Post has sustained the benevolent and patriotic traditions of the 
J.W.V. Its members have spent thousands of volunteer hours working with 
the residents of the Northport Veterans Hospital and the State Veterans 
Home at Stony Brook. Each year, two local high school seniors receive a 
Jewish War Veterans' scholarship. To maintain the community's awareness 
of the sacrifices our veterans have made, post members participate in 
the local Memorial Day and Independence Day parades, along with the 
grave site memorial services at nearby Calverton National Cemetery.
  In this, the Jewish War Veterans' centennial anniversary year, its 
members continue to work for the ideals on which the organization was 
founded. Remembering the sacrifices of all veterans is central to those 
ideals and the J.W.V. is working tirelessly to convince the U.S. Postal 
Service to issue a commemorative stamp to honor the Jewish War 
Veterans' 100th anniversary. Mr. Speaker, it was the selfless 
sacrifices of all veterans that have made America a great republic. 
None have sacrificed more, nor have others worked harder to protect 
America's democratic ideals than our Jewish war veterans. I 
respectfully request that the entire U.S. Congress join me in saluting 
the 100th anniversary of the Jewish War Veterans of the United States 
of America. Congratulations.

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