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City Of Santa Fe Honors Veterans With 30 More Banners To Be Hung On Cerrillos Road To Honor “Hometown Heroes”
Enormous Response To Previous 20 Banners Prompts City Show Of Appreciation For Veterans And Families
The City of Santa Fe is honoring its “Hometown Heroes” with an expansion of its banner project along the Cerrillos Road corridor between I-25 and Rodeo Road. Twenty of the 23” x 36” banners featuring local veterans who served or are serving in the U.S. Military were hung in May. An additional 30 banners are being added next week, bringing the total to 50 banners that will be in place until November 18, 2019. The City of Santa Fe, NM is the first city in the State of New Mexico to participate in the “Hometown Hero” project. One-hundred and forty cities in 11 states across the country participate.
The project was sponsored by City of Santa Fe Councilors JoAnne Vigil Coppler (District 4) and Christopher Rivera (District 3) and is being supported by PNM.
“The enormous response to the 20 Veterans Banners hung on light poles on Cerrillos Road has been overwhelmingly positive,” Said Councilor Vigil Coppler. “Veterans, their families and the public have expressed heartfelt appreciation for the acknowledgment and support of the sacrifices Veterans have made—even losing their lives. As soon as the banners were hung, the phone calls began pouring in from families who also wanted their Veteran members to be memorialized. I am extremely appreciative that the governing body approved an additional 30 banners and will propose that the City approve this measure to continue on an annual basis and that it fill the poles to capacity along this stretch of Cerrillos Road.”
Special thanks go out to Don Christy, a Veteran himself, who was instrumental in working with Santa Fe’s Veteran organizations to develop the protocol for bringing this display to fruition. The cost to each family participating in the “Hometown Heroes” project is $155, and includes a large (24” X 36”) single-sided banner for street display, a small banner for the family to keep as a memento, and the installation bracket.
The New Mexico Department of Transportation is allowing the use of city light poles along Cerrillos Road and the technicians from the city’s Public Works Department and PNM will hang the next 30 banners in the coming week.
“PNM is grateful to be part of the City of Santa Fe’s effort to honor and show our collective appreciation to our local veterans on behalf of our company and customers,” said Pat Vincent-Collawn, President and CEO, PNM Resources. “PNM and our employees look forward to raising these banners throughout the City, and PNM will raise our hand to assist however we can to make this an annual show of appreciation for our veterans and their families. On behalf of PNM and all of our employees, thank you to our veterans, and thank you to the City of Santa Fe for your vision and support of our veterans.”
Veteran Website Link: http://www.troopbanners.com/SantaFe/
Total 50 Veterans Being Honored:
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American Military Working Dogs |
Sergeant David Jose Garcia |
Corporal Frank G. Martin |
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Private First Class Eddie Apodaca |
Corporal Daryl C. Hendricks |
Private Milton R. Martinez |
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Private First Class Antonio Archuleta |
Staff Sergeant Juan L. Jacquez |
Sergeant Julian Nieto |
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Captain James S. Becker |
Staff Sergeant Kenny P. Keelin |
Chief Warrant Officer Louis R. Rocco |
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Sergeant First Class Placido M. Borrego |
Corporal Jose E. Lopez |
Sergeant First Class Gilbert A. Romero |
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Staff Sergeant Harry L. Christy |
Private Conrado Lucero |
Specialist 4c David Frank Roybal |
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Sergeant George M. Craig |
Staff Sergeant Michael A. Luna |
Chief Master Sergeant Billie S. Russell |
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Corporal Robert H. Dieringer |
Staff Sergeant William F. Mares |
Private First Class Isidro F. Saiz |
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Staff Sergeant Dennis R. Ferk |
Master Sergeant Leroy A. Petry |
Private First Class Manuel T. Segura |
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Private First Class Michael R. Perez |
Corporal Abel M. Quintana |
Sergeant First Class Donald G. Staszewski |
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Private First Class Miguel R. Tapia |
Staff Sergeant Robert Steven Trujillo |
Staff Sergeant Juan Arturo Gurule |
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Master Gunnery Sergeant William J. Ludwig |
Corporal Francis Xavier Nava |
Sergeant William D. Norris |
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Sergeant Alfred Gene Perez |
Private Bennie M. Rivera |
Corporal Carlos Jose Roybal |
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Sergeant Michael W. Sparks |
Lance Corporal Robert E. Thornton |
Staff Sergeant Gilbert A. Ulibarri |
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Staff Sergeant Richard Charles Christy |
Senior Airman Steve Coca 1995-1999 |
Staff Sergeant William D. Norris |
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Senior Master Sergeant Leo A. Petry |
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Edited on 10/30/2019 to remove contact information for a former employee.
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