Events

Wounded Marine who threw out first pitch at Rockland Boulders game meets Pres. Trump

Published

6 years ago

May 14, 2019

Marine Sgt. John Peck was severely injured by an IED while serving in Afghanistan. The explosion took off both his legs and his left arm. Later, due to a severe infection, he lost his right arm as well. John was in a coma for three months. In total it took him over two years to recover.

In August of 2018, at the Rockland Boulders “Military Appreciation Night,” John threw out the first pitch in-front of a crowd of 5,000. Sitting in his wheelchair, he used his arm transplants to get the ball across the plate.

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Sgt. Peck recently wrote a book detailing his journey – Rebuilding Sergeant Peck: How I Put Body and Soul Back Together After Afghanistan. It can be purchased HERE.

I met Marine Sgt. John Peck, a quadruple amputee who has received a double arm transplant, at Walter Reed in 2017. Today, it was my honor to welcome John (HERO) to the Oval, with his wonderful wife Jessica. He also wrote a book that I highly recommend, “Rebuilding Sergeant Peck.” pic.twitter.com/eiNnHcEU7x

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) 13 Bealtaine 2019

Events

Annual Suffern Holiday Parade 2024

Published

1 day ago

November 22, 2024

Rockland Report Admin

WHEN: SATURDAY DECEMBER 7th

WHERE: LAFAYETTE AVENUE, SUFFERN, NY 10901

TIME: 6:30pm

Events

The Rockland Report Would Like To Thank All Who Have Served This Great Country

Published

2 weeks ago

November 11, 2024

Rockland Report Admin

In 1921, an unknown World War I American soldier was buried in Arlington National Cemetery. This site, on a hillside overlooking the Potomac River and the city of Washington, D.C., became the focal point of reverence for America’s veterans. Similar ceremonies occurred earlier in England and France, where an unknown soldier was buried in each nation’s highest place of honor (in England, Westminster Abbey; in France, the Arc de Triomphe). These memorial gestures all took place on November 11, giving universal recognition to the celebrated ending of World War I fighting at 11 a.m., November 11, 1918 (the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month). The day became known as “Armistice Day.” Armistice Day officially received its name in America in 1926 through a Congressional resolution. It became a national holiday 12 years later by similar Congressional action. If the idealistic hope had been realized that World War I was “the War to end all wars,” November 11 might still be called Armistice Day. But only a few years after the holiday was proclaimed, war broke out in Europe. Sixteen and one-half million Americans took part. Four hundred seven thousand of them died in service, more than 292,000 in battle. Armistice Day Changed To Honor All Veterans The first celebration using the term Veterans Day occurred in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1947. Raymond Weeks, a World War II veteran, organized “National Veterans Day,” which included a parade and other festivities, to honor all veterans. The event was held on November 11.