Ceremonies, Good Works and Fun!

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POW-MIA vigil in Fair Haven on May 29, 1998. Pictured, from left, are unknown, John Bergeron, Steve Faye, Don Amorosi, Joe Donaldson, and Stanley Dulski.
Veterans Day 1997 in Rutland at site of future Vietnam memorial. Pictured are, from left, Jack Crowther, Dick Doyle, Andy Moschetto, Tom Skinner, John Bergeron, Tom Reardon, and Bill Whitney.
Vermont Thunder Run May 26, 1996, at Vermont Vietnam Memorial in Sharon.
Proctor parade, 1998. From left, Andy Moschetto, John Bergeron, Steve Faye, Tom Skinner
Moving Wall Visits Rutland, 1991
Memorial Day at Evergreen Cemetery, 1998. Pictured, from left, are Tom Reardon, Jon Pintello, unknown, Bill Whitney, and John Bergeron.
Loyalty Day, 2000, in Rutland
Groundbreaking for Vermont Vietnam Memorial in Sharon, 1981. Jake Jacobsen is second from right in front row. Brian Shaw is third from right.
Fund-raiser at WalMart in Rutland, 1997. From left, unknown, Steve Faye, Dick Doyle, Andy Moschetto.
Vt. Gov. Howard Dean presented the Patriot's Medal to Frances and Joseph Silva of Rutland, parents of Joseph Silva, second and third from left, on Sept. 21, 1996, at Camp Johnson in Colchester. Joseph Silva who was killed in action in Vietnam on Sept. 26, 1970. Also pictured, from Chapter 1, are, from left, Dick Doyle, Tom Reardon, and Tom Skinner.
Chapter 1's fifth president, John Bergeron (1995-2004), hosted the chapter's office at his shoe repair shop on Center Street in Rutland.
The Dodge House for homeless veterans, in Rutland, is shown under construction, sometime between 1993 and 1998, when it opened.
Clothes collected for flood victims in the South. Date unknown. Eugene Miner is in red and blue shirt.
Chapter 1 hosted a dinner in October 1999 for visiting guests from London, England (third and/fourth from right), David and Elaine Woodcraft. From left are Jack Crowther, Bill Whitney, uncertain, Stanley Dulski, Dick Doyle, Steve Faye, the Woodcrafts, Andy Moschetto, and Kym Hoerr.
Chapter 1 Color Guard at Bridgewater Memorial. Pictured, from left, are John Bergeron, Tom Reardon, Steve Faye, and Jon Pintello.
Bill Barnes and Gov. Howard Dean. Date and event uncertain.
Second Vietnam Veterans Recognition Day at Rutland Fairgrounds, 1997