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Town Board of the Town of Hamburg June 8, 2026 Meeting 4.2. Establishing and Honoring Women Veterans Day – JUNE 12 WHEREAS, the Hamburg Veterans Committee has requested the Town Board of the Town of Hamburg recognize, June 12th as Women Veterans Day; and WHEREAS, Women Veterans Day is recognized nationally as commemorating the signing of the Women’s Armed Services Integration Act on June 12, 1948, which granted women permanent status in the United States Armed Forces; and WHEREAS, women have served the United States with courage and sacrifice since the founding of the Nation; and WHEREAS, during the Revolutionary War, women served as nurses, messengers, spies, and in combat roles despite formal prohibition; and WHEREAS, Margaret Cochran Corbin manned a cannon after her husband fell at the Battle of Fort Washington and became the first woman to receive a United States military pension; and WHEREAS, Molly Pitcher exemplified bravery at the Battle of Monmouth by providing aid and manning artillery under fire; and WHEREAS, Deborah Sampson disguised herself as a man to serve honorably in the Continental Army; and WHEREAS, women continued to serve as nurses, intelligence operatives, and support personnel through the Civil War and subsequent conflicts; and 5