City native invites Stamford to rock out for veterans

Stamford native Lisa May Melfi was watching her brother’s band, Impulse, play a show in Norwalk late last year, when she had an idea…More


Press Release

Stamford Veterans Park Press Release


Stamford Gold Star mother to honor son with SEAL swim

Since her Navy SEAL son was killed in Afghanistan in 2011, Patricia Parry has done things he would do… “He’d cheer me on,” said Parry, a registered nurse, volunteer with the Stamford Health Commission, and a driver of the renovation of downtown’s Veterans Park, now underway…More


More Time to Buy Stones for Veterans Park

The deadline has been extended to purchase an engraved paver for Veterans Memorial Park in time for its reopening in November…More


Stamford’s Veterans Park offers chance to set names in stone

At certain times in city history, Veterans Park has been about veterans…More


Nearly 40-ton monoliths moved in Stamford park

One of the more difficult early portions of a multimillion-dollar facelift to Veterans Memorial Park took place Wednesday afternoon as construction workers lifted and moved a 37.5-ton monoliths — one of four in the park — to higher ground…More


Press Release

Stamford Veterans Park Press Release


World War II mechanic leads Stamford’s Veterans Day parade

People in Stamford showed their appreciation on Veterans Day Sunday at the city’s annual parade. Hundreds lined the streets of downtown Stamford for this year’s Veterans Day Parade… More… Army aircraft mechanic and flight engineer Sgt. Ted Ogonek, 92, waves to the crowd as grand marshal in the annual Stamford Veteran’s Day Parade, commemorating 100 years since the end of WWI, in Stamford on Sunday…More


A duty to remember ‘The Great War’

Veterans Day should always be one of the most significant of this nation’s observances. It is the day when we pause and honor military veterans, the very people who have, throughout the history of our country, made great sacrifices to preserve our liberty and freedom…More


A call to Arms to Salute Veterans

“All gave some. Some Gave all.” More than 200 years ago, George Washington cautioned the nation that the willingness of young people to fight and die for their country was “directly proportional” to their perception of how veterans of earlier wars were “treated and appreciated by their nation.” Accordingly, on Sept. 5, 2018, an important era in our city’s history commenced with the groundbreaking for the new Veterans Park in downtown Stamford…More