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For much of the middle twentieth century, thousands of Buffalo’s servicemen and women passed through the Buffalo Central Terminal. After participating in a 2008 tour of the Terminal, Chuck Marsillo, past commander of AMVETS Post 897 got the inspiration to return the flagpole to this Broadway-Fillmore treasure.
Marsillo partnered up with Central Terminal Restoration Corporation President Mark Lewandowski who is a twenty year military veteran currently serving with the 107th Airlift Wing.
The partnership culminated in the re-installation of the flagpole in its original location. Marsillo got donations from AMVETS members and other military members to purchase the flagpole.
The flagpole rises fifty feet above the eastern side of the Terminal. It replaces one that was taken down for scrap in the 1980s.
From a press release from the Central Terminal Restoration Corporation:
“On behalf of the veterans and their families who have passed through the main concourse of the Central Terminal, on their way to a journey where in most cases their lives were changed forever, we are proud to acknowledge this remembrance of sacrifice,” said Lewandowski. “For thousands of people, Buffalo Central Terminal was their final time in Buffalo.”
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