2013 PARADE GRAND MARSHALS ANNOUNCED!
2013 Parade Grand Marshals (left to right): Frank
Alvarado of East Haven; Major Linda Cunha of Newington; Chandler J.
Howard of Farmington; Samuel Jacobellis of Danbury; and Daniel J. McHale
of Avon.
· Retired Master Sergeant Frank Alvarado of East Haven, a veteran of the U.S.
Army and Connecticut Air National Guard, and currently the U.S. Small
Business Administration’s Senior Area Manager for Greater Bridgeport and
the SBA’s Veterans Officer for Connecticut;
· Major Linda Cunha of Newington, who
commanded the Connecticut Army National Guard’s 142d Area Support
Medical Company. The veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan currently serves as
Executive Officer of the 118th Multifunctional Medical Battalion in
Middletown;
· Retired Staff Sergeant Chandler J. Howard of Farmington,
a U.S. Army veteran who served in Vietnam as a Helicopter Crew Chief,
and today is the President and CEO of Connecticut’s Liberty Bank;
· Retired Sergeant Samuel Jacobellis of Danbury,
a member of the Greater Danbury Area Korean War Veterans Association
who served in the U.S. Army. This year is especially poignant for
Jacobellis and his fellow Korean War vets as America is observing 60
years since the end of that war; and
· Retired Brigadier General (CT) Daniel J. McHale of Avon,
a U.S. Army and Connecticut Army National Guard veteran who served in
various capacities over the past 45 years. He is the State’s Transition
Assistance Advisor, for veterans and active military and their families.
He co-chairs the OIF/OEF/OND Military Support Coalition and is Connecticut chapter President of the Association of the U.S. Army.
P.S. Daria Novak writes:
"We
are marching this Sunday with our 8 foot hgih statue of Lady Liberty in
the Hartford veterans Day Parade. Please, please come march with us.
Let's send a message! We are meeting at 10:30. If anyone needs a ride
let mw kinow and we will work on it. If anyone has a pickup truck on
which Lady Liberty can ride in the parade, please message me at
daria.novak@iampolitics.org"
