Blumenthal, Cassetti award WWII medals posthumously to family of Ansonia veteran

Pictured from left, Seymour resident Joanne DaSilva, U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, and Ansonia Mayor David S. Cassetti at City Hall ceremony honoring DaSilva's uncle, the late Pasquale Battaglia.


ANSONIA - U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal joined Mayor David S. Cassetti this morning to award medals earned by the late Pasquale Battaglia to Battaglia's niece, Joanne DaSilva of Seymour.
The touching ceremony in the Aldermanic Chambers of City Hall was attended by family, friends and city officials.

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