AMERICAN VETERANS OF ISRAEL

        PLEASE JOIN US TO COMMEMORATE AND PAY TRIBUTE TO COLONEL

        DAVID ‘MICKEY’ MARCUS AMONG THE 40 U.S. AND CANADIAN VOLUNTEERS 

        WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN  ISRAEL’S WAR OF INDEPENDENCE (1947-1949).

 

10:00-10:45…Coffee hour in the Chapel Social Hall. “Images of ‘48” – Short DVD

                                 remembering the Struggle and the Fallen North American Volunteers.

 

11:00-12:00…Memorial Service in the Chapel led by Chaplains and choir in the

                                 presence of Veterans of Israel’s War of Independence.

 

                             …Greetings by Benjamin Krasna, Deputy Consul General of the

                                 State of Israel in New York.

 

                             …Guest Speaker: William A Cohen, Major General, USAFR, Ret.

                                 (West Point-1959).  Practicing leader, educator and writer.

                                 Combat Flyer in the U.S. Air Force and Israel Air Force.

                           

12:15-  1:00…Graveside ceremony honoring the Fallen Volunteers including Taps

                                  and Salute by the U.S.Military Academy ceremonial squad.

 

¨      The year 2006 marks the 40^th annual memorial service conducted at the West Point 

    Jewish Chapel by American Veterans of Israel to remember and honor the Fallen.

 

Getting to West Point:

- From NY State Thruway, Take Harriman Exit 16 Onto 6 East. Follow to the Bear Mountain Traffic Circle. Take 9w North to West Point exit. 
- From NYC, Take George Washington Bridge Upper Deck onto Palisades Pkwy North to the end. Take 9w North to West Point/Highland Falls exit.

- From East,  Over Tapanzee Bridge, Get off Exit 13n- Palisades Pkwy North to the end. Take 9w North to West Point/Highland Falls exit.

Getting to the Jewish Chapel:

- Past the gate, turn left onto Mills Rd which becomes Stony Lonesome Rd. Turn left onto Merrit Rd to the chapel.

 

Ø      Valid ID such as driver’s license, passport or college ID must be shown at the gate by everyone.  Minors will be vouched for by parents or group leaders.