The American Airpower Museum will host a Haunted Hangar Halloween Party at Hangar 3 on Saturday, October 30, 3-7pm. 

Once again, the American "Scarepower" Museum will resume its tradition of offering a child-safe place for children to enjoy Halloween shenanigans.  Flap your bat wings to the Museum and go trick-or-treating in the Haunted Hangar!  Costumed staff will hand out treats as children go door to door in the safety of Hangar 3.  Mingle with ghosts, goblins, ghouls, skeletons, vampires, and witches inside the spooky home, decorated and creatively transformed into a horror house with dry ice fog, spider webs, flying bats and new frights at every turn.  Yikes!

They dare you to tour their Haunted Bomber and then enter the Museum's Maze of Horrors!  Have your picture taken next to the Ghost Fighter, then climb aboard the Tram of Terror for a ride around Hangar 3.  There will also be crafts, games with prizes, face painting, a costume contest (for kids ages 1-16), Halloween music, dancing and more.

Free admission for holders of valid AAM membership cards.

Regular admission: 

Adults -  $15

Seniors & Veterans - $12

Kids ages 5-13 - $8

Kids under 5 - Free

Unvaccinated children under 12 must wear an approved anti-viral mask unless they are already wearing a full mask covering both nose and mouth.

Your contributions support AAM's mission to honor our veterans and US aviation history by preserving the aircraft and their legacy for future generations.

For more information about the Museum, visit their website.

The Black Veterans Recognition Award Committee of Black Veterans for Social Justice (BVSJ) invites you to join them for brunch and a movie screening at the BVSJ Headquarters on Saturday, October 23, 11:00am-3:30pm.  This will be a screening of The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain (based on a true story).  A discussion will follow the screening.

Brunch: 11:00am-1:00pm

Screening & discussion: 1:00pm-3:30pm

Fundraiser donation: $30 per person

Some free tickets are available for veterans.  For more information and to inquire about tickets, contact:

Kevin C. Megget, Director, Homeless Veteran Reintegration Program (HVRP), Black Veterans for Social Justice, Inc.

[email protected]

718-852-6004 ext. 422

The Queens and Harlem Vet Centers invite you to join them for Governor's Island Pumpkin Point on Saturday, October 30, 10:30am.

Enjoy this fall festival in Nolan Park.  There will be free Halloween and autumn-inspired arts and crafts activities, storytelling, live music, pumpkin picking, and more!

NIA Community Services Network, with Councilman Justin Brannan, State Senator Andrew Gounardes, and Assemblyman Peter J. Abbate Jr., will host the 2021 Veterans Appreciation Breakfast at the Fort Hamilton Community Club on Tuesday, October 26, 9am-12pm.  This event is open to veterans and their guests.

Proof of vaccination is required for this indoor event.

To confirm your attendance, please send an email with your name and phone number to [email protected] or call Senja or Tina at 718-236-5266.

To enter the Army base, please bring a Real ID.  If you do not have one, bring a driver's license with a social security card or passport.

Team RWB is holding its annual WOD (workout of the day) for Warriors November 6 - November 14, 2021.

Every Veterans Day, hundreds of veterans, veteran supporters, gyms, and boxes across the nation participate in WOD for Warriors, a functional fitness workout, to support Team RWB and the men and women who have served our country. 

All proceeds support Team RWB’s mission to enrich the lives of America’s veterans by coming together in support of our veterans’ physical and mental health.

Join Team RWB to celebrate veterans for their service and be a part of Team RWB to forge the leading health and wellness community for veterans! 

The Passaic County Board of Commissioners, along with Catholic Charities Diocese of Paterson, will hold a Passaic County Distinguished Service Medal Ceremony on Friday, October 29, 2pm at the Public Safety Academy at Passaic County Community College.  This is a service honoring Passaic County recipients of the medal for distinguished military service.

The Passaic County Board of Commissioners, along with Catholic Charities Diocese of Paterson, will host a Passaic County Veterans Workshop, Crisis to Wholeness: Navigating Your Network of Support, on Friday, October 29, 8:30am-1:30pm at the Public Safety Academy at Passaic County Community College.  This is an information and resource program for all veterans, family members, and service providers.

Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum will host a Military Family Program: Technology and Codes at the museum on Saturday, October 24, 1-3pm.

Created for current and former military service members and their families, these programs include exploration of the Museum and related activities intended to engage the whole family. Discover the history of innovation and codes onboard the former aircraft carrier Intrepid! After exploring historic spaces, families can experiment with different technologies in their world. 

For current and former service members and their families (children, 3-18).

Register here.

Intrepid Air, Sea & Space Museum will hold a special Intrepid After Hours event, Sharing Your Story, on Thursday, November 18, 4:30-8:00pm for current and former service members only.

Join fellow veterans and service members at the Intrepid Museum to explore the Museum without the crowds. Then join peers for conversation, a behind-the-scenes experience and a catered dinner.  Free for military service members and veterans with advance registration. These programs are closed to civilians, including family members. 

This month, Intrepid Museum is sharing the stories of veterans and current service members at Intrepid After Hours. Jessica Williams, curator of history and collections, and Dave Dzendzel, senior coordinator of the oral history project, will talk about Intrepid Museum's Oral History Project. Maryhelen Rosales, director of program development at NYC Department of Veterans’ Services, will also share information about their Veteran Voices Project. Participating veterans will then get a chance to interview each other and practice their oral histories. Learn about how you can share your stories and what you can learn from others' stories.

Boxed dinners will be served at the end of the guided program. Both indoor and outdoor seating options will be available.

Register here.

The Michael Foley Gallery presents Sacred Dust: Photographs by Henry Leutwyler.  This exhibit will be open from Friday, September 10th through Sunday, September 26th.

Where were you when The Towers fell?  A question that still lingers on lips as we approach the 20th anniversary of the events of September 11, 2001.  To call it an anniversary belies the positive connotations that usually surround this word. It's a marking of time, of years without friends and loved ones, of imagined history and dashed dreams. "Never Forget" is the phrase we use.

What more can we see that hasn't been seen before, playing, again and again, reliving that day?  With the cooperation of the 9/11 Memorial & Museum in downtown Manhattan, Photographer Henry Leutwyler was commissioned by National Geographic, for their September issue, to explore the museum's archive of over 70,000 objects, remnants, and remembrances recovered from that day.  Some are identifiable, and others remain fragments of their former selves.  Many have never been seen by the general public.