Westbury resident honored for essay saluting veterans

Stop & Shop’s Bob Young and historic re-enactors from the Museum of American Armor welcome Melinda Godih (front row, second from right), a third grader at Bowling Green Elementary School in Westbury, and her family to the American Armor Museum in Old Bethpage. Melinda was among the contest participants recognized by the Museum of American Armor, for an essay saluting the heroic efforts of U.S. military veterans. Melinda and other participants in Stop & Shop’s “Operation Hometown Heroes” program were given the opportunity to ride aboard the museum's historic armor vehicles thanks to a joint effort coordinated by Stop & Shop, Nassau County and the Armor Museum that invited customers to write about the heroes in their own families.