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The Independent –<\/strong><\/em> The elegant stone mansion rests behind stone pillars on Route 25 in Greenport. Constructed in the 1850s, the building was named for the owner David Gelston Floyd\u2019s ancestral home of Brecknockshire, Wales. David, grandson of William Floyd, established a track record in Greenport as a shipping magnate, whaling fleet owner, bank president, and legislator.<\/p>\n Stone left over from the building of Brecknock Hall was used to build Floyd Memorial Library in Greenport Village.<\/p>\n In 2011, Brecknock Hall, in partnership with Peconic Landing, created the Veterans Day Wedding Giveback \u2014 an opportunity to thank our military personnel and recognize them for their service. The event, now in its 10th year, has become an annual staple at Brecknock Hall and will take place on Sunday, November 8, over Veterans Day weekend.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have a wedding here almost every weekend,\u201d said Valerie Tirelli-Hallock, the sales and events coordinator. \u201cAnd they are all special, of course. But there\u2019s such a special feeling with the Veterans Day Giveback. We provide everything absolutely free, from soup to nuts.\u201d This includes flowers, food, decorations, music, tents, hair, make-up, the cake, you name it, for up to 90 guests.<\/p>\n Giveback was a heartfelt affair from the beginning, thanks to the generous support and dedication of three dozen or more neighboring business partners and volunteers.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a way for us to thank service members,\u201d Tirelli-Hallock said. \u201cAnd it\u2019s also a way to involve the Peconic Landing members.\u201d<\/p>\n What happens is this. Brecknock Hall, on its website, has an application for couples where one of the members currently serves or has served in the U.S. Armed Forces. \u201cWe get anywhere from four to 22 applications a year,\u201d Tirelli-Hallock said. \u201cIt tends to be people who are at least from the tri-state area, and often from the Twin Forks, since of course they don\u2019t want their families and friends to have to travel too far.\u201d<\/p>\n Then the applications are passed on to a committee, made up of members of Peconic Landing, the equity-based \u201c62 or better\u201d community which shares a long driveway with Brecknock Hall. Those members have also served in the military, and judge the contest based on the number of years served, special military honors, and each couple\u2019s personal love story.<\/p>\n The complimentary wedding is held on the Sunday of Veterans Day weekend.<\/p>\n Most recently, U.S. Air Force Reservist Kyle Stephen Holmes, 35, of Sunrise, FL, married U.S. Air Force Captain Kaitlin Daddona, 26, of Southold, at Brecknock Hall on Sunday, November 10, 2019. Kyle and Kaitlin became engaged in May of 2018 when the two were on assignment at different bases: Kyle in Hawaii and Kaitlin in Alabama. Kyle proposed on the last night of a visit to see Kaitlin with his daughter, Kylie, creating a memorable proposal together as a family.<\/p>\n \u201cI wish I could find the words to express how grateful we are for the team at Brecknock Hall and the Veterans Day Giveback. This experience has been out of this world. The care and attention from all of the vendors have humbled us immensely. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for everything. We will remember this day for the rest of our lives,\u201d said Holmes.<\/p>\n \u201cThe day couldn\u2019t have gone more smoothly,\u201d added Daddona. \u201cEvery person who had a part in putting our wedding together, from the giveback committee to the vendors, put their hearts and souls into making our day perfect, and we couldn\u2019t be more thankful. Your commitment to our nation\u2019s servicemen and women makes us proud to serve our country.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI would like to extend a warm thank you to the sponsors that volunteered their services and teamed up with us to create the beautiful day Kaitlin and Kyle deserved,\u201d Robert Syron, president and CEO of Peconic Landing. \u201cIn the almost decade that we have been doing the Veterans Day Wedding Giveback, this thank you to our military personnel has become a heartwarming Peconic Landing tradition that the community looks forward to every year.\u201d<\/p>\n Sponsored by Peconic Landing, the annual Veterans Day Wedding Giveback began in 2011 as an opportunity to thank our military personnel and recognize them for their service in honor of Veterans Day. Now in its 10th year, it has become a community affair, made possible through sponsorship and contributions from local businesses and organizations who donate the time, talents, and services that help to make the dream day a reality.<\/p>\n Brecknock Hall also has a policy, the other 51 weeks of the year, to only hold one wedding a weekend. \u201cWe like the couple to feel like the place belongs to them, not like they have to hurry up,\u201d said Tirelli-Hallock. \u201cThe bridal suites upstairs offer them a place to put their things and relax.\u201d<\/p>\n The Brecknock Hall team have a group of vendors they use. \u201cIt\u2019s part of what makes things go smoothly for everyone,\u201d said Tirelli-Hallock. \u201cOur vendors are all local, and we have several in each category \u2014 different caterers, different florists \u2014 but they\u2019re all from the area,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n For more information about planning a wedding at Brecknock Hall or to apply for the 2020 Veterans Day Wedding Giveback, visit www.BrecknockHall.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":7180,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peconiclanding.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peconiclanding.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peconiclanding.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peconiclanding.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peconiclanding.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7179"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/peconiclanding.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7179\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peconiclanding.org\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peconiclanding.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peconiclanding.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peconiclanding.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}