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Master Sgt. (ret.) Jim Peterson Speaks Of Sacrifice

COOPERSTOWN – Since the draft ended in 1973, “the burden of sacrifice for our freedom falls on an ever smaller percentage of our society,” Marine Master Sgt. (ret.) Jim Peterson of Fly Creek told Cooperstown’s Memorial Day ceremony Monday at the Soldiers & Sailors’ Monument.  Here is Sergeant Peterson’s Memorial Day speech

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Putting the Community Back Into the Newspaper

Now through July 31st, new or lapsed annual subscribers to the hard copy “Freeman’s Journal” (which also includes unlimited access to AllOtsego.com), or electronically to AllOtsego.com, can also give back to one of their favorite Otsego County charitable organizations.

$5.00 of your subscription will be donated to the nonprofit of your choice:

Cooperstown Farmers’ Market, Cooperstown Food Pantry, Greater Oneonta Historical Society or Super Heroes Humane Society.