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Gardena Honors Its Own
Hometown Heroes!

Add your Military Profile Here

Welcome to the Gardena Honored Veterans Website

We are deeply honored to recognize our Servicemen and women who gave so much to protect our country.  
This website is our community tribute to these Hometown Heroes and is designed to provide them
an opportunity to be recognized as part of the Gardena Honored Veterans family.

We invite you to take a moment to peruse our site and visit us often;
we'll be adding more information all of the time.


HISTORICAL MILITARY EVENTS

The Month of May is
National Military Appreciation Month

A month which recognize and show appreciation to the Armed Forces of the United States of America.

May 1, 1937
President Franklin Roosevelt signed an act of neutrality, keeping the United States out of World War II.

May 1, 1949 - Loyalty Day

On May 1, 1930, about 10,000 Veterans of Foreign War members staged a rally at New York's Union Square to promote patriotism.
Read more here.


May 1, 1917
Silver Star Service Banner Day

A day set aside to honor our wounded, ill and dying military personnel by participating in flying a Silver Star Banner.

May 12, 1984
Military Spouse Appreciation Day

A day set aside to acknowledge the contributions and sacrifices of the spouses of
the U.S. Armed Forces. Read about it here.

May 13, 2017
Children of Fallen Patriots Day

A day to honor the families our Fallen Heroes have left behind – especially their children. It’s a reminder to the community that we have an obligation to support the families of our Fallen Patriots.

May 20, 1949
Armed Forces Day

A day set aside to pay tribute to men and women who serve in the United States’
Armed Forces. Read More Here.

May 29, 2017
Memorial Day (formerly Decoration Day)

Commemorates all men and women who have died in military service for the United States.  Read more about it here.

                      Did You Know?
Each year on Memorial Day a national moment of remembrance takes place at 3:00 p.m. local time.


Court Program Caters to Veterans in Trouble With the Law

A Los Angeles County court program helps one-time heroes who have fallen on hard times.

Micah Ohlman reports on KTLA News at 10 on November 11, 2014.

For more information on the Veterans Court visit their website.

A TRIBUTE TO OUR
VIETNAM VETERANS


OUR ARMED FORCES


Past Gardena
Community Events

47th Annual Veterans Day Celebration
Friday, November 11, 2016
46th Annual Veterans Day Celebration
Wednesday, November 11, 2015
45th Annual Veterans Day Celebration
Tuesday, November 11, 2014
43nd Annual Veterans Day Celebration
VETERAN SPOTLIGHT
Sgt. JAMES McCARTHY,
U.S. Marine Corps

James McCarthy
Without realizing it, the man in green had been working on a young James McCarthy for the better part of half a decade.

“It was a poster that I had in my bedroom since I was 13 years old,” McCarthy recalls. “He was a Marine and a tough one at that, a Force-Recon guy, all covered in green camo face paint. I thought he looked cool.”

Cool or not, the image would take the better part of 5 years to have any effect on the young man from Cerritos. In the meantime, he was admittedly, a bit of a mess.


Read more of E-5/Sergeant McCarthy's story here>>

View our past VETERAN SPOTLIGHTS

Upcoming City of Gardena
Community Events

None at this time. 
Please come back later.

A SURPRISE SERENADE

for Ernie Thompson, WW II
one of Our Hometown Heroes!
(October 26, 1917 - November 3, 2016)

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Gardena Honored Veterans
2323 W. Rosecrans Avenue
Gardena, CA 90249


Phone/Fax:  424.224.7364
Email: GardenaHonoredVeterans@hotmail.com


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Last Updated: May 4, 2017