SCHUMER URGES NAVY AND NATIONAL ARCHIVES TO LOCATE UNCLAIMED MEDAL OF HONOR AND PUT IT ON DISPLAY AT NIAGARA COUNTY COURT HOUSE AS TRIBUTE TO FALLEN CIVIL WAR SOLDIER
November 03, 2009

Niagara County Native, Navy 1st Class Fireman Michael Huskey, Was Issued a Medal of Honor for Service in Civil War but Medal Was Never Claimed

County Wants to Locate Medal to Put on Display at Niagara County Court House - Medal Must First Be Located By Feds

In Letter, Schumer Writes to Navy Secretary and U.S. Archivist Urging them to Locate the Medal to Honor Huskey

Today, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer wrote to the Secretary of the Navy and the Acting Archivist of the United States urging them to locate an unclaimed Medal of Honor for Niagara County native 1st Class Fireman Michael Huskey. Huskey was awarded the Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest military honor for valor, in March of 1863 but Huskey and his family members died before the medal could be claimed. Niagara County is seeking to locate the unclaimed medal to put it on display at the Niagara County Court House. Today, Schumer wrote to the Navy Secretary and the National Archives urging them to locate the unclaimed medal and give it to Niagara County so that it can display it in honor of Huskey’s service.
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