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Photos from Women Are Veterans Too! 2008


The annual Women Are Veterans Too! event, sponsored by the Women Veterans' Network, was held on Friday, November 7, 2008. The ceremony included a presentation of the Outstanding Woman Veteran Award.
Governor Deval Patrick
Governor Deval Patrick speaks about women veterans.
Lt. Governor Timothy P. Murray

Lt. Governor Timothy P. Murray provides remarks about women veterans.

Massachusetts Air National Guard Honor Guard
Posting of Colors by Massachusetts Air National Guard Honor Guard.
Brigadier General Marie T. Field
Highest ranking women to serve in the Massachusetts Air National Guard Brigadier General Marie T. Field speaks to the audience about leadership.
Noreen Begley (left) and Kathleen Splinter (right)
Noreen Begley (pictured on left) reads a citiation to the 2008 Outstanding Woman Veteran honoree Kathleen Splinter (right).
Phyllis Santangelo Galeaz (center) and Lynn McNeil (left)
Phyllis Santangelo Galeaz stands (center) with her daughter Lynn McNeil (left). Ms. Galeaz is a 2008 Outstanding Woman Veteran honoree.
(l-r) Senator Thomas McGee and Phyllis Santangelo Galeaz
Senator Thomas McGee (left) presents the a citation to Outstanding Woman Veteran Phyllis Santangelo Galeaz of Lynn (US Army Nurse Corps, 1941-2944).
(l-r) Kathleen M. Splinter, Secretary Tom Kelley, and Phyllis Santangelo Galeaz
Secretary of the Department of Veterans’ Services, Tom Kelley (center) poses with the 2008 Outstanding Woman Veteran honorees Kathleen M. Splinter (left) and Phyllis Santangelo Galeaz (right).
(l-r) Kathleen M. Splinter, Heidi Kruckenberg, Phyllis Santangelo Galeaz

Heidi Kruckenberg (center), Coordinator of the Women Veterans’ Network stands with the Outstanding Woman Veteran honorees Kathleen M. Splinter (left) and Phyllis Santangelo Galeaz (right).

(l-r) Heidi Kruckenberg, Kathleen M. Splinter, Marie T. Field, Phyllis Santangelo Galeaz, and Panayiota Bertzikis
(L-r) Heidi Kruckenberg, Kathleen M. Splinter, Marie T. Field, Phyllis Santangelo Galeaz, and Panayiota Bertzikis.
(l-r) Kathleen M. Splinter, BrigGen. Marie T. Field, and Phyllis Santangelo Galeaz
(L-r) Kathleen M. Splinter, BrigGen. Marie T. Field, and Phyllis Santangelo Galeaz.
Dan LeBlanc (left) and Kathleen M. Splinter (right)

Dan LeBlanc, New Bedford‘s Veterans Service Officer (pictured on left) nominated Kathleen M. Splinter (pictured on right) for the Outstanding Woman Veteran Award. Splinter served in the Army Nurse Corps in Vietnam.

(L-r) Noreen Begley, Kathleen M. Splinter, Marie T. Field, and Phyllis Santangelo Galeaz

(L-r) Noreen Begley, Kathleen M. Splinter, Marie T. Field, and Phyllis Santangelo Galeaz chatted after the ceremony.