WPCNR STARS AND STRIPES. November 11, 2004: The traditional Veterans Day ceremony at the White Plains Rural Cemetery were held this morning in the traditional somber gray skies poignantly swept by the bitter Northeast wind.

Adele Zucker set the tone of the day when she noted, "It is the veteran, not the politician, who guarantees our right to vote; It is the veteran, not the reporter, who guarantees freedom of the press, It is the veteran not the preacher, who guarantees freedom of religion."

 Ron Tocci, the New York Assemblyman, retiring after twenty years in the Assembly, and 82nd Airborne Paratrooper, gave the address emphasizing that the veterans and their care and their contributions must never be forgotten.

Mayor Joseph Delfino reminisced with deep feeling recalling watching his brothers go off to fight World War II, saying goodbye to his mother and dad, saying they'd be o.k., not to worry, and asked those in attendance how parents must feel when they are sending their children of today off to war.

American Legion Post #135 Salutes and remembers the fallen, as Middle School Student Jacob Paul, 14, plays "Taps" Photo by WPCNR  News.