PUTNAM COUNTY, N.Y. -- Four Sheriff's Office patrol boats will be christened with the names of four local war heroes at a ceremony that will be held on 5-14-2015. The ceremony will take place at Putnam County Veterans Memorial Park at 7 p.m. The park is off Gipsy Trail Road in Kent. The public is invited, and refreshments will be served beginning at 5:30 p.m.
Army MG Gouverneur K. Warren is best-known as “The Hero of Little Round Top” for his organizing of a hasty last-minute defense of that tactically important hilltop at the Civil War battle of Gettysburg. He was a graduate of West Point and lived in Cold Spring.
“The four honorees all served their country with great devotion, bravely and heroically; it is most fitting that that we honor these outstanding sons of Putnam County in this way,” said Sheriff Donald B. Smith, a retired Army brigadier general. Read More