Monday, June 10, 2013

Sleepy Hollow 1st Provisional Regiment Memorial - May, 2009

SLEEPY HOLLOW - The memorial plaque on the 1st Provisional Regiment stone at Sleepy Hollow cemetary, commemorating the original N.Y. Guard troops who succumbed to the Spanish Flu pandemic while serving on homeland defense duty, guarding the state's aqueducts and water supply against attack by German saboteurs during World War One. Photo by Specialist David Grate
SLEEPY HOLLOW - Staff Sgt. Augustine DePalma serving in the color guard at the annual 1st Provisional Regiment memorial. Photo by Private Ubon Mendie


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