West Hempstead Community Support and Civic Associations

UPDATE

The escort motorcade will be leaving West Hempstead at 8:30 to go to JFK.  They are expected to return to the West Hempstead area between 9:30am & 10:00am where they will follow the route listed below.

In December, the WHCSA was notified that we had received approval contingent upon meeting the strict insurance requirements set forth by the Port Authority. We were told that the date available to be able to transport the artifact was March 28. The next step in the process was to meet with the Lakeview and West Hempstead Fire Department Chiefs and Commissioners, and the Auxiliary Police Unit 116 to plan transporting and escorting the “steel” to the Chestnut St. school building where it will remain until a permanent monument can be designed and erected in Hall’s Pond Park.

Legislator Vincent Muscarella is working with the County to secure the necessary permission to place the monument in Hall’s Pond Park. Stone masons and graphic designers have been asked to submit designs which would be appropriate for the size of the steel which measures 50” by 17”x17”. A date for a formal dedication has not been determined at this time.