The Town of Fishkill, N.Y., and the Friends of the Mt. Beacon Eight cordially invites veterans, their families and the general public to attend a ceremony in memory of Commodore Dixie Kiefer and the Mt. Beacon Eight. The Veterans Day ceremony includes the unveiling of a wall plaque in honor and remembrance of the eight Navy veterans who lost their lives in two separate plane crashes on Mt. Beacon, on Sept. 14, 1935, and Nov. 11, 1945.

Date: Sunday, Nov. 11, 2018
Time: 12:30 PM
Location: Town of Fishkill's Veterans Park
(located between the Town of Fishkill Police Department, 801 RT 52, Fishkill, NY 12524 and the Town of Fishkill
Recreation Center)

In case of inclement weather, the ceremony will be held in the Town Hall

The Mt. Beacon Eight
Sept. 14, 1935 - Pilot Lt. Lincoln Denton (27) and AMM 2/c Clinton Hart (28)
Nov, 11, 1945 - Commodore Dixie Kiefer (49), Lt. Cmdr. Dr. Ignatious Zielinski (45), Pilot Lt. Lloyd Heinzen (27), Co-pilot Lt. (jg) Hans Kohler (25), AMM3/c Clarence Hooper (22), and S1/c David Wood (23)