Honored in Miami Beach
Bergman was honored on Tuesday, November 9, 2010 in a service at his former school, Fienberg-Fisher Elementary in South Beach, Miami Beach. A plaque in his name was dedicated in the school's Garden of Heroes, and rests before the World War II Memorial Soldier Statue. Over 400 guests attended including Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Miami Beach Police Chief Carlos Noriega, Assistant Police Chief Raymond Martinez, Principals Shirley Velasco (Miami Beach Adult and Community Education Center), Maria Zabala (Fienberg-Fisher Elementary School), and Rosann Sidener (Miami Beach Senior High School), along with honor guards from the Miami Beach Police Department and the Junior ROTC of Miami Beach High School.
Bergman was also remembered in the Miami Herald on Veteran's Day, November 11, 2010.
In November 2011, the Miami Beach Police Department's Honor Guard placed a wreath of flowers at Sgt. Bergman's memorial plaque at Fienberg-Fisher Elementary's School in a pre-Veteran's Day service.
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