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BUFFALO--Col Jim McCready, the vice commander, and incoming commander, of the New York Air National Guard’s 107th Airlift Wing places a wreath honoring President Millard Fillmore at his grave in Forest Lawn Cemetery on the 211th anniversary of the president’s birth in 1800 during a ceremony held by the University of Buffalo.
Filmore served as the 13th President from 1850 to 1853. During his administration California was admitted to the Union and he dispatched Commodore Matthew Perry and a fleet of ships to Japan to open that nation to American trade.The United States military places wreaths from the current president at the gravesites of our nation’s past presidents on the anniversary of their births. The New York National Guard is responsible for placing the wreaths at the graves of Fillmore, Martin Van Buren in Kinderhook, Columbia County, and Chester Arthur in Menands, Albany County.
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Defence24com -- Tue, 28 Apr 2026 NATO exercise in Sweden Military exercise Aurora has begun in southern Sweden, in Stockholm, and on the island of Gotland. Soldiers from numerous countries are taking part, including Ukraine and the United States. According... (more)
Olean Times Herald -- Mon, 27 Apr 2026 Local soldiers receive Army National Guard promotions LATHAM Major General Ray Shields, the Adjutant General for the State of New York, announces the promotion of members of the New York Army National Guard in recognition of their capability... (more)
Rome Sentinel -- Mon, 27 Apr 2026 Colonel, from Waterville, takes command of 224th Air Defense Group ROME Col. Joseph Miller, a Waterville resident, became the commander of the New York Air National Guard's 224th Air Defense Group on Thursday, April 23, during a ceremony at the Eastern... (more)
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