Dashan Briggs Archives - Riverhead News Review

05.23.2024 Community

Fourth annual ‘Run for Briggs’ set for Sunday

This weekend will mark the fourth annual Run for Briggs 5K Run/Walk Race in Calverton, where participants can help local charities and also honor a local hero who gave...

06.01.2023 Community

Hundreds gather for annual ‘Run for Briggs 5K’

Patriotism, camaraderie and gratitude were felt everywhere around the old runway at the Enterprise Park at Calverton this Memorial Day weekend. For the more than 600 people who gathered...

04.23.2021 News

Two legacies that shine on as Riverhead’s hometown heroes

They were born 39 years apart, two young men who grew up Riverhead and served their country during time of war. The legacies of Pfc. Garfield Langhorn and Tech....

07.13.2019 Community

Lewis Street formally renamed in memory of Tech. Sgt. Dashan Briggs

American flags lined the front of Eli and Rose Briggs’ Riverhead home Saturday morning as family and friends gathered in their front yard. The group then walked a few...

12.23.2018 Community

Investigation into crash that killed Tech. Sgt. Briggs reveals helicopter struck cable

The HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter that crashed in western Iraq last March, killing Riverhead native Dashan Briggs and six other service members, struck a galvanized steel cable strung horizontally...

10.13.2018 Riverhead School District

Riverhead retires No. 22 of ‘hometown hero,’ Tech. Sgt. Dashan Briggs

Under gray skies Saturday, a somber silence filled the air on Coach Mike McKillop Memorial football field as the Riverhead Blue Waves honored one of their own. Prior to...

09.21.2018 Community

Fundraiser planned for Tech. Sgt. Dashan Briggs; football jersey to be retired Oct. 13

Friends and family of Tech. Sgt. Dashan Briggs have planned a family-friendly fundraiser in his memory. This Sunday, Sept. 23, will mark the first annual “TSgt. Dashan J. Briggs...

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