Marine Corps League
Meeting The 2nd Tuesday Of Every
Month, 19:30 Hours
At The Navy Marine Club Inc.
37 Park Avenue, Lockport, NY 14094 Telephone:
(716) 433-2457
Incorporated by an act of Congress in 1937, the Marine Corps League
perpetuates the traditions and
spirit of ALL Marines who proudly wear or who have worn the eagle, globe and anchor of the
Corps.
Officers 2002
Commandant/Adjutant Peter Apolito
Sr. Vice Commandant Herbert Walker
Jr. Vice Commandant Dick Krakowiak
Adjutant/Paymaster Steve Kosut
Assistant Paymater Peter Apolito
Assistant Adjutant Bob Hughes
Judge Advocate Scott Stewart;
Sergeant-At-Arms Bill Bombarger
Chaplain Fran CastroTo Inquire About Membership Or To Contact Us By E-Mail:
MISSION STATEMENT
Members of the Marine Corps League join together in camaraderie and fellowship for the purpose of preserving the traditions and promoting the interests of the United States Marine Corps.
This is accomplished by banding together those who are now serving in the United States Marine Corps and those who have been honorably discharged from that service; voluntarily aiding and rendering assistance to all Marines and former Marines and to their widows and orphans, and by perpetuating the history of the United States Marine Corps through fitting acts to observe the anniversaries of historical occasions of particular interest to Marines.
Thoughts On Patriotism
The words may change every
month, but the thoughts remain the same!
A Photographic History Of The Lockport Devil Dog Detachment
The Marine Corps
League has a proud and active history in Lockport. Each month we're selecting
different scrapbook photos.
-Including The Navy-Marine
Club, Market Street in Lowertown, 1951.
-Marines March Along
Washburn Street, 1948
Current Lockport Detachment Activities & Photos
News And Information On Our Auxiliary
Have you ever wondered what happened to the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence?
Five signers were captured by the British as traitors, and tortured before they died. Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned. Two lost their sons serving in the Revolutionary Army; another had two sons captured. Nine of the 56 fought and died from wounds or hardships of the Revolutionary War. They signed and they pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor. What kind of men were they?
Twenty-four were lawyers and jurists. Eleven were merchants, nine were farmers and large plantation owners; men of means, well educated. But they signed the Declaration of Independence knowing full well that the penalty would be death if they were captured.
Carter Braxton of Virginia, a wealthy planter and trader, saw his ships swept from the seas by the British Navy. He sold his home and properties to pay his debts, and died in rags. Thomas McKeam was so hounded by the British that he was forced to move his family almost constantly. He served in the Congress without pay, and his family was kept in hiding. His possessions were taken from him, and poverty was his reward.
Vandals or soldiers looted the properties of Dillery, Hall, Clymer, Walton, Gwinnett, Heyward, Ruttledge, and Middleton. At the battle of Yorktown, Thomas Nelson Jr, noted that the British General Cornwallis had taken over the Nelson home for his headquarters. He quietly urged General George Washington to open fire. The home was destroyed, and Nelson died bankrupt. Francis Lewis had his home and properties destroyed. The enemy jailed his wife, and she died within a few months.
John Hart was driven from his wife's bedside as she was dying. Their 13 children fled for their lives. His fields and his gristmill were laid to waste. For more than a year he lived in forests and caves, returning home to find his wife dead and his children vanished. A few weeks later he died from exhaustion and a broken heart. Norris and Livingston suffered similar fates.Such were the stories and sacrifices of the American Revolution. These were not wild-eyed, rabble-rousing ruffians. They were soft-spoken men of means and education. They had security, but they valued liberty more. Standing tall, straight, and unwavering, they pledged: "For the support of this declaration, with firm reliance on the protection of the divine providence, we mutually pledge to each other, our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor." They gave you and me a free and independent America. The history books never told you a lot about what happened in the Revolutionary War. We didn't fight just the British. We were British subjects at that time and we fought our own government!
Some of us take these liberties so much for granted, but we shouldn't. So, take a few minutes while and silently thank these patriots. It's not much to ask for the price they paid. Remember: freedom is never free! The doorway to freedom is framed in muskets!
The officers for the Marine
Corps League Auxiliary, 2002. are;
Chaplain, Kristi DiRamio.... Treasurer/Secretary,Patricia Apolito (433-2397) .... Judge
Advocate, Joan Kam
Other members include; Joan Bochniarz, Mellissa Apolito, Ruth Boyer, Dorothy Craig, April
Finley, Aleta Hrvol, Patricia Kosut.
The purpose of the Auxiliary is to band together in comradeship between this Auxiliary and the Marine Corps, and the Marine Corps League. Those eligible for membership in this Auxiliary are the wives, widows, mothers, stepmothers, sisters, daughters, stepdaughters of a Marine eligible to belong to the Marine Corps League and Women Marines, former active and reserves .
The Lockport Home Page
www.Lockport-NY.com
Thanks The Local Marine Corps League
For Selecting Our Lockport Community Website
To host their home page!
