PHOTO — The Veterans Walk of Honor in Bradley Point Park, West Haven. (City Drone Photo/Alycia Sandella, File)
WEST HAVEN, Oct. 28, 2025 — The West Haven Veterans Council and the city will hold a Veterans Day tribute on the Veterans Walk of Honor in Bradley Point Park at 10:45 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 11.
This year’s event will also include the dedication of two granite panels at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, a project shepherded by West Haven Vietnam Veterans Inc.
In June 2023, the West Haven Vietnam Memorial Inc. Committee launched a campaign to recognize additional current and former city residents who served in-country during the Vietnam War by inscribing their names on the new panels.
All veterans are invited to participate in the seaside ceremony, which will feature a presentation of the colors, a flag-raising and a wreath-laying, as well as remarks by Mayor Dorinda Borer and Veterans Council President Dave Ricci.
The public is also invited.
City Clerk John W. Lewis will serve as the master of ceremonies.
The tribute will also include a poetry reading, a bell-ringing at 11 a.m. and a performance of taps.
Watch the city’s video tribute to veterans, “West Haven: A Home for All Veterans.”
Veterans Day, formerly Armistice Day, is celebrated on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, marking the anniversary of the armistice that ended World War I in 1918.
To coincide with the solemn ceremony, the Veterans Council will kick off Phase 18 of its popular Brick Campaign.
In November 2006, the council began the first of 18 campaigns selling bricks to memorialize veterans on the 100-yard Walk of Honor between the William A. Soderman and Vietnam Veterans memorials.
The bricks, which cost $75, have charcoal lettering for personalized messages.
About 3,100 bricks have been installed to date, including 72 for Phase 17, which was dedicated May 24.
Download a Brick Application.
Applications are due Friday, March 13, 2026, and are also available in the mayor’s office at City Hall, 355 Main St. For details, call 203-937-3510.
The Veterans Walk of Honor in Bradley Point Park, West Haven. (City Drone Photo/Alycia Sandella, File)
