Veterans Strong Community Center announces date for Patriots’ Day ceremony; asks for nominations of veterans for Patriots’ Day Awards

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Posted By: Jack Krampitz March 10, 2024

The Veterans Strong Community Center and the Wernicki Family are accepting nominations for the Annual Patriots’ Day awards for the 5th Annual Patriot’s Day ceremony to be held Monday, April 15, 6 p.m., at Luna’s Banquet Facility on King Street.

Please consider nominating a local Veteran or Servicemember, either living or deceased. Please share with the committee how this person has been heroic in serving our country and city. Nominees do not need to reside in Bristol, as long as they contribute to the Bristol community.   

Nominations are reviewed by a committee and honorees are selected and notified by mail.

Please send all nomination letters by or before March 25, to the attention of Veterans Strong Community Center, 111 North Main St., Bristol, CT 06010.

Nominations may also be emailed to Maggie.wernicki@gmail.com or by completing an online form at www.vetstronginc.org/patriots-day.

Veterans Strong Community Center and the Wernicki Family 5th Patriots’ Day ceremony will have for its mistress of ceremonies Maggie Wernicki, the youngest board member of the Veterans Strong Community Center at 17 years old.

Patriots’ Day has its roots in the Battle of Lexington and Concord which occurred on April 19, 1775. It was “The Shot Heard Round the World”, written by poet Ralph Waldo Emerson, and the first battle that started the American Revolutionary War, paving the country’s path to freedom.

Patriots’ Day became an official holiday in Connecticut as of July 10, 2017, when Connecticut joined Maine, Massachusetts and Wisconsin in celebrating the holiday.
  
2018 saw Bristol’s first celebration of Patriots’ Day. The Wernicki family became involved in Patriots’’ Day as “a way to recognize veterans who continued to make a difference after they completed their service,” according to the release, and as a way to honor the veterans who have given so much to the Bristol community.

Tickets to attend the dinner and ceremony are $25 per person and include buffet dinner, coffee/tea and dessert. Tickets can be purchased online at the previously mentioned link and at Veterans Strong Community Center, 111 North Main St. Bristol, CT 06010.

Please call (860)584-6258 prior to visiting the office to make sure someone is there to meet you. Ticket sales close April 8.  

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