July 7, 2016 – NY BCGM CEREMONY
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July 7, 2016 - New York Borinqueneers Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony at Hunter College, New York, NY.
The ceremony was organized in collaboration with El Pozo Productions and the East Harlem Borinqueneers Honoring Committee.
And graciously sponsored by Acacia Network, Hunter College's Center for Puerto Rican Studies, the NY Army National Guard, the Borinqueneers Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony National Committee and generous donors.
The first guests begin to check in.
SGM Eric Hunt Benitez and fellow NY National Guardsmen confer before the event.
The Borinqueneers Congressional Gold Medals display.
The BCGM Medals to be awarded were purchased by Acacia Network.
A delicious complimentary Puerto Rican lunch was served to the guests.
Yummy! Chicken, roast pork, rice with pigeon peas, sweet plantains and salald.
Roger Hernandez, Jr. (center), member of the East Harlem Borinqueneers Honoring Committee.
Trio Los Platinos entertain the guests with old classic bolero music.
Borinqueneer veteran Vicente Arroyo gets inspired to dance.
Hector Borges attends on behalf of his uncle, 1SG Fernando Rodriguez-Borges (Ret.).
A military escort confers with her escortee.
Virginia and Borinqueneer veteran Eugenio Quevedo.
Noemi poses with Dagmaris Estevez, daughter of deceased 65th veteran Melanio Rosas.
SGM Eric Hunt Benitez (5th from the left) and fellow NY National Guardsmen served as military escorts and an honor guard.
The New York Borinqueneers Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony honored 56 living and deceased Borinqueneers at Hunter College in New York, NY. Photos courtesy of El Pozo Productions, Rob Figueroa Photography and William Cruz.
July 7, 2016 - New York Borinqueneers Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony at Hunter College, New York, NY.
The ceremony was organized in collaboration with El Pozo Productions and the East Harlem Borinqueneers Honoring Committee.
And graciously sponsored by Acacia Network, Hunter College's Center for Puerto Rican Studies, the NY Army National Guard, the Borinqueneers Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony National Committee and generous donors.
The first guests begin to check in.
SGM Eric Hunt Benitez and fellow NY National Guardsmen confer before the event.
The Borinqueneers Congressional Gold Medals display.
The BCGM Medals to be awarded were purchased by Acacia Network.
A delicious complimentary Puerto Rican lunch was served to the guests.
Yummy! Chicken, roast pork, rice with pigeon peas, sweet plantains and salald.
Roger Hernandez, Jr. (center), member of the East Harlem Borinqueneers Honoring Committee.
Trio Los Platinos entertain the guests with old classic bolero music.
Borinqueneer veteran Vicente Arroyo gets inspired to dance.
Hector Borges attends on behalf of his uncle, 1SG Fernando Rodriguez-Borges (Ret.).
A military escort confers with her escortee.
Virginia and Borinqueneer veteran Eugenio Quevedo.
Noemi poses with Dagmaris Estevez, daughter of deceased 65th veteran Melanio Rosas.
SGM Eric Hunt Benitez (5th from the left) and fellow NY National Guardsmen served as military escorts and an honor guard.