1) 1/25/08 - Hartford, CT. FD - Academy Graduation
2) 1/30/08 - Bridgeport, CT. FD - Retirement Party
3) 2/15/08 - Litchfield, CT. FD - Funeral for Retired Member
4) 2/16/08 - Cromwell, CT. FD - Annual Dinner
5) 2/22/08 - Waterbury, CT. FD - Academy Graduation
6) 2/23/08 - New Haven, CT. - Piping + Drumming Seminar - Christies Cafe
7) 2/23/08 - Hamden, CT. - Dunn's Pub
8) 3/5/08 - Bridgeport, CT. FD - Promotion Ceremony
9) 3/8/08 - Meriden, CT. Elks Club - St Patricks Party
10) 3/9/08 - New Haven, CT. St. Patricks Day Parade
11) 3/10/08 - Bristol, CT. FD - Firefighter of the year
12) 3/13/08 - Waterbury, CT. FD - Firefighter of the year
13) 3/15/08 - Stamford, CT. St. Patricks Parade
14) 3/17/08 - Bridgeport, CT. FD - Walter Flyntz Memorial Mass
15) 3/17/08 - Bridgeport, CT. St. Patricks Parade
16) 4/21/08 - Cromwell, CT. - CT. Fire Marshals Conference
17) 4/28/08 - Hartford, CT. - AFL-CIO Workers Memorial @ State Capital
18) 5/9/08 - Waterbury, CT. FD - Annual Memorial Ceremony
19) 5/22/08 - Hartford, CT. - CT. Fire Academy Graduation
20) 5/26/08 - Westport, CT. Memorial Day Parade
21) 6/3/08 - Bridgeport Area Retired Firefighters Mass
22) 6/7/08 - Town of Granby, CT. 150th Anniversity Parade
23) 6/11/08 - Southington, CT. FD - Retirement Party
24) 6/14/08 - Collinsville, CT. Fire Dept Parade - Playing for Avon FD
25) 6/17/08 - Hamden, CT. - Funeral for US Army Sgt. John T. Gallagher
K.I.A. 1/5/68 - Vietnam *see note below
26) 6/19/08 - Hamden, CT. FD - Funeral For Retired Member
27) 6/22/08 - Fairfield, CT. Road Race
28) 7/12/08 - Unionville, CT. Fire Dept Parade - Playing for Avon FD
29) 7/26/08 - West Redding, CT. - Funeral
30) 7/26/07 - Bantam, CT. Fire Dept Parade - Playing for Litchfield FD
31) 8/8/08 - Hartford, CT. FD Recruit Class Academy Graduation
32) 8/9/08 - Trumbull, CT. - John Plofkin's Make a Wish Picnic
33) 8/15/08 - Bridgewater, CT. Fire Dept Parade - Playing for Bridgewater FD
34) 8/16/08 - New Haven, CT. - Save the New Haven St. Pat's Parade Pub Crawl
35) 8/18/08 - Hampton Beach, NH. - Joe McGuirk Memorial Golf Event
36) 8/29/08 - Manchester, CT. FD - Funeral for Retired Fire Chief
37) 9/5/08 - Litchfield, CT. FD Funeral for Retired Member
38) 9/6/08 - Milford, CT. - Milford Fire Muster
39) 9/11/08 - Wilton, CT. 9/11 Memorial
40) 9/12/08 - Southington, CT. - Smokin' with Chris - 1/2 to St. Pat's Party
41) 9/14/08 - Avon, CT. - Blue Mass
42) 9/14/08 - Bridgeport, CT. FD - Awards Ceremony
43) 9/14/08 - New Haven, CT. - Burn Camp Fundraiser - BAR on Crown St.
44) 9/23/08 - Waterbury, CT. FD - John Keane Memorial Golf Tourn.
45) 9/27/08 - Hamden, CT. - Dunn's Pub 1/2 way to St. Pat's Party
46) 10/5/08 - Willimantic, CT. FD - Memorial Service
47) 10/5/08 - Windham, CT. FD - Memorial Service
48) 10/5/08 - Wethersfield, CT. - Hartford County Memorial Mass
49 10/11/08 - Norwich, CT. - Norwich Memorial Mass
50) 10/18/08 - Kent, CT. - Dedication of New Firehouse
51) 10/23/08 - Southington, CT. - CT. Exchange Club Firefighter of the Year
52) 11/2/08 - Hartford, CT. - Veterans Day Parade
53) 11/3/08 - Cromwell, CT. - Crown Plaza - Veterans Ceremony
54) 11/3/08 - Bridgeport, CT.- Fairfield FD - Funeral For Retired Member
55) 11/7/08 - Wallingford, CT. - Cytec FD - Annual Dinner
56) 11/9/08 - West Hartford, CT FD - Memorial Service
57) 11/20/08 - Shelton, CT. FD - Ceremony for Fire Chief
58) 11/23/08 - Shelton, CT. - Band Open House at Echo Hose FD
59) 12/3/08 - Worcester, MA. - Worcester 6 Memorial Dedication
60) 12/3/08 - New Haven, CT. - New Haven 20 Fundraiser
61) 12/16/08 - Hamden, CT. FD - Funerial for Retired Member
62) 12/18/08 - Hartford, CT. - CT. Fire Academy Graduation
* US Army Sgt. John T. Gallagher was an Army Ranger / Green Beret who served in Vietnam. On 1/5/68 while on a covert mission into Laos, his helicopter took a direct
hit from an enemy rocket and went down in the remote jungle. For almost 40 years the
wreakage was never located and all members on board were listed as M.I.A. In May
2007 the wreckage was located and John's remains were positively identified.
In August 2007 he was buried in a group plot along side his helicopter crew at
Arlington National Cemetery. On June 17, 2008 (his 65th birthday) his remains
were escorted back to his hometown of Hamden, CT. where he was buried with
full military honors, in his family's plot at Centerville Cemetery on Washington Ave.
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