The American Heroes Flagpoles Foundation is pleased to announce that Steven Riggs will be honored posthumously with a flagpole for his service during the Vietnam War. The ceremony will take place at Sandstoner Park at Pine Street Arena on Saturday, September 27, 2025, at 1 p.m.
Through his quiet but determined leadership in all endeavors of his young life, Steven earned the respect of his peers, coaches and citizens. Steven was an outstanding hockey player for Potsdam High School and for Colgate University where he captained the team in his senior year and was named to the NCAA All East Team three times. He remains on the top 25 list of all-time Colgate goal scorers. He later coached hockey at Canton High School while pursuing his Master’s Degree at St. Lawrence University. After entering the military service in September, 1966, he was the Post Athletic Director at Fort Devens, Massachusetts, and played for the Army hockey team. He was killed in action in Vietnam on September 3, 1968.
To learn more about Steven’s life and legacy, click below: https://www.nny360.com/communitynews/communitynotes/remembering-steven-j-riggs-and-all-who-have-fallen-in-service/article_c6dde521-9aca-526b-b5b6-5af5125d52b4.html.
The non-profit American Heroes Flagpoles Foundation located in Owl’s Head, New York, awards twenty 25-foot northern red oak flagpoles per year to combat-decorated, combat-wounded and/or disabled veterans.