[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 57 (Thursday, March 31, 2022)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E327]
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                        HONORING ROBERT DARDANO

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                         HON. JOSEPH D. MORELLE

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, March 31, 2022

  Mr. MORELLE. Madam Speaker, I want to pay tribute to one of Monroe 
County's finest residents, Mr. Robert Dardano, Sr., who died at the age 
of 93 in February of this year.
  Mr. Dardano was well-known in the Rochester community for his life-
long commitment to working on behalf of our nation's veterans. He was a 
veteran himself, having served our country in the U.S. Navy Seabees as 
well as the 58th CB Battalion in Okinawa, Japan during WWII. He also 
served as a Naval reservist during the Korean War.
  At the conclusion of his active service, he devoted himself to 
serving the veterans of his community at the local, state, and national 
levels as a member of a plethora of veterans organizations including 
the Italian-American War Veterans, the Veterans Memorial, and Executive 
Council for the City of Rochester, the Veterans Advisory Committee of 
Monroe County, and among many others.
  Mr. Dardano also organized the annual placement of American flags on 
the graves of veterans in cemeteries throughout our community, and he 
logged over 6,250 hours of community service at events for the local 
Canandaigua VA Medical Center. He and his wife Virginia also donated 
much of his paperwork and photographs from his service with veterans' 
organizations to the University of Rochester.
  I extend my deepest condolences to the Dardano family during this 
time. We here in Monroe County will never forget Robert's selflessness 
and compassion, and I hope we as a community can do well to continue 
Robert's devotion to selflessness and helping others.

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