Honor in any style
National commander visits Buffalo park, speaks at minority-veteran memorials. (Photos by Lauren Petracca/The American Legion)![The Western New York Hispanic American Veterans Memorial.](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/20231013_wreathlaying_012.jpg?itok=t2EZ8FoR)
The Western New York Hispanic American Veterans Memorial.
![American Legion National Commander Daniel Seehafer shakes hands with Ricardo Estrada, center, and Benny Matta with Gabriel A. Rodriguez Post 1928.](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/20231013_wreathlaying_007%20%282%29.jpg?itok=kawaLlW2)
American Legion National Commander Daniel Seehafer shakes hands with Ricardo Estrada, center, and Benny Matta with Gabriel A. Rodriguez Post 1928.
![Seehafer speaks during the wreath-laying ceremony.](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/20231013_wreathlaying_010.jpg?itok=hDGHVMcq)
Seehafer speaks during the wreath-laying ceremony.
![Francis J. Donovan Post 1626 Commander Jerry Kowalski sounds taps following the 21-gun salute.](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/20231013_wreathlaying_013.jpg?itok=Y_WSBbwd)
Francis J. Donovan Post 1626 Commander Jerry Kowalski sounds taps following the 21-gun salute.
![Post 1928 provided a color guard.](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/20231013_wreathlaying_017.jpg?itok=TkWmDNDg)
Post 1928 provided a color guard.
![Seehafer speaks after laying a wreath at the African American Veterans Monument.](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/20231013_wreathlaying_008.jpg?itok=alJYlZ3k)
Seehafer speaks after laying a wreath at the African American Veterans Monument.
![Seehafer poses with Cpl. Monica Lynch on the field of commemorative paver bricks.Lynch said she was the first woman to receive a combat action ribbon in 1991.](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/20231013_wreathlaying_002.jpg?itok=u9cEci4S)
Seehafer poses with Cpl. Monica Lynch on the field of commemorative paver bricks.Lynch said she was the first woman to receive a combat action ribbon in 1991.
![Sandy McIsaac (center) chats with fellow Jesse Clipper Post 430 members.](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/20231013_wreathlaying_006.jpg?itok=TK8dvXbP)
Sandy McIsaac (center) chats with fellow Jesse Clipper Post 430 members.
![Following the ceremonies, Seehafer is given a tour of USS The Sullivans, a destroyer, by Shane Stephenson, curator and director of museum collections at the naval park.](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/20231013_wreathlaying_025.jpg?itok=xAi2sLc-)
Following the ceremonies, Seehafer is given a tour of USS The Sullivans, a destroyer, by Shane Stephenson, curator and director of museum collections at the naval park.