Politics & Government

Danbury's Veterans Take a Bow

Hundreds of people attended the memorial service Monday in honor of Veterans Day, on the the eleventh day, the eleventh hour, the eleventh minute.

Patrick Waldron, the city's veterans administrator, recalled the day was first established to honor the World War I armistice, which occurred on Nov. 11, 1918, at 11:11 a.m.

Waldon said the United States, "Is not perfect, but strong and free."

"Let us not forget those who made this sacrifice, our sisters, our brothers, our veterans," Waldron said.

Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton said Danbury is steeped in military history dating back to the British attack on the city in  April 1777. The Revolutionary response came when Benedict Arnold and General David Wooster attacked the retreating Redcoats after they completed their destruction. Boughton recalled work by Barden in World War II and by Perkin Elmer in the Cold War. He said today an Army Reserve training center is under construction on West Wooster Street.

"Today it is important to thank those who dug the well from which we drink," Boughton said.


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