Thank you so much to Natasha Vaughn-Holdridge and Columbia-Greene Media for highlighting our Veterans Day event, where more than a dozen military veterans came out to the sanctuary to meet Tyler, a retired military working horse who previously worked with the U.S. Army Caisson Platoon. The group was joined by Columbia County Veterans Services Agency Executive Director Gary Flaherty, U.S. Representative Antonio Delgado, Assemblywoman Didi Barrett, Columbia County Court Judge Jonathan Nichols, and Stuyvesant Town Justice Carrie O’Hare.
The article reads in part, “Columbia County veterans spent part of Chatham’s Veterans Day ceremony with a special
guest of honor.
Tyler, a retired military horse with the U.S. Army’s Caisson Platoon, was honored for his service by a crowd
of veterans and elected officials Thursday at his home at Equine Advocates Rescue and Sanctuary in
Chatham.
U.S. Rep. Antonio Delgado, D-19, said Tyler symbolizes the courage and valor recognized on Veterans Day.
“It’s such a pleasure to come at Veterans Day from this angle,” Delgado said. “There’s so many elements to
the honor of what this day means. Whether it’s our communities, whether it’s the families of veterans,
whether it’s horses, there’s a sense that we are all really leaned in collectively and done everything we can to
uphold our values. The values to me are what I focus on, our men and women — and horses — who step up
to protect and uphold.””