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Armando Chick Galella (center) was joined by Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins and others at memorial dedication.
May 10, 2021
By Rick Pezzullo
The Margaret J. Horan Gold Star Mothers’ Memorial was unveiled Sunday, May 9th at Horan’s Landing Park in Sleepy Hollow.
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The Memorial is a project initiated by Armando “Chick” Galella, a 100-year-old Sleepy Hollow resident and decorated WWII veteran and Pearl Harbor survivor. The committee charged with raising the funds necessary for the Memorial’s commission announced the successful conclusion of the $100,000 campaign at Galella’s 100
th birthday celebration on January 1, 2021. The campaign was in partnership with The Historical Society of Sleepy Hollow and Tarrytown.