A plaque commemorating Bronx veterans, located at the Bronx Victory Memorial on Mosholu Parkway in Bedford Park, was photographed on the ground some time before Saturday, Dec. 10. It is unknown if the plaque fell over due to bad weather or if it was purposefully knocked down.

As reported, in honor of Veterans’ Day 2022, Bronx Community Board 7 (CB7) recently held the first veterans’ flagging event at the Bronx Victory Memorial site, on Nov. 19.

In attendance at that event, among others, were Karla Cabrera Carrera, Bronx CB7 assistant district manager, Bronx CB7 Veterans Committee chair, Chad Royer, Northwest Bronx Democrats founder and veteran, Anthony Rivieccio, Bedford Mosholu Community Association (BCMA) president and Bronx CB7 parks committee chair, Barbara Stronczer, Guerinos against Graffitti* president, Sirio Guerino, veteran, David Rosas, Jean Hill, former chair and current member of Bronx CB7, and Deputy Inspector Jeremy Scheublin, commanding officer of the 52^nd Precinct.

Rivieccio, a U.S. navy veteran, said on the day of the event, “It was my honor to advocate for an event three organizations, including mine, have been doing since 1987 when the World War I monument was in decline and full of garbage and graffiti. Thirty-five years later, it is now clean, illuminated, and going to be used for events again, as it was decades ago, before 1987.”

Meanwhile, Royer said, in part, “The list is long. We need, each of us, to play an active role in helping our friends, family members, and neighbors who have served, while we honor and remember those who have passed on, while having chosen to protect our country.”

Rosas later told Norwood News the community board has been made aware that the plaque has been grounded.

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