In Farmington, American Legion Post 28 color guard and Temple Boy Scouts held wreath-laying ceremonies at the WWI memorial arch and at the memorials in Meetinghouse Park on Main Street for Veterans Day today.
Dakota Williams, of New Sharon, (left) and AJ Storer, of Chesterville, (right) both members of Troop 546, salute at the Farmington Veteran’s Day ceremony. Williams and Storer provided readings for the event.
In Jay, members and supporters of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Frank L. Mitchell Post 3335 listen silently at the Jay WWII Memorial to a prayer read by Chaplain Don LeSuer during the Veteran Day observance today.
Peggy Czako, senior vice president auxiliary member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Frank L. Mitchell Post 3335, pauses with her hand over her heart after laying the wreath at the Jay WWII Memorial during the Veterans Day observance ceremony today.
Chaplain Donald LeSuer, at right, of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Frank L. Mitchell Post 3335 salutes as Color Guard members: Wally Tripp, Roland Therrien, Francis Therrien with John Dube stand at attention during the Veterans Day ceremony in Jay this morning.
Members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Frank L. Mitchell Post 3335 gun salute squad stand at attention during the Veterans Day observance. The local VFW and American Legion Post 10 held wreath-laying ceremonies through the morning in Jay and Livermore Falls.
Thank you, gentlemen, for all you have done for your country, and all you continue to do for your communities and veterans! May God bless America!
THANK YOU ALL,
FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THIS GREAT COUNTRY OF OURS!
Although I am not a Veteran I am extremely grateful and proud of them.
May God bless America and be with those who are still fighting to keep us safe!
Thank You so much to the ones who have served and given so much for this country as well as the families who have lost family members while fighting to keep us free.
Even though we may not all agree with the reasons behind warfare, it is important to support those who commit themselves to keep us all safe. It is a scarey world out there and we must all stick together.
Freedom is not Free. It’s extremely expensive. We sleep sound at night because brave men and women stand guard around the world. They watch our backs!
Every Veteran, past and present, wrote a blank check to the United States of America. It was payable up to and including their life. Sadly, some checks got cashed. Gratefully, many didn’t. Every Veteran endured hardship, danger, and home sickness.
Presently, there are some 32 million Veterans in the US. An important minority which forms the backbone of our society.
They walk among us in silence and anonymity. Thank them when you find one. Hire them when you can. Lend them a hand if they need it.
America is the land of the free because of the Brave.
We were kind of surprised that our son wasn’t taught in school why he was getting today off. We explained it, of course, but all I see coming home is pictures of turkeys and pilgrims. Nothing for Veterans Day? Maybe in the older grades?
Veteran’s Day is an important observation and a tribute to those who protect our borders. I salute all our men and women in uniform and the families who sometimes sacrifice with them.
I do have a question of the Farmington Fire Department, however. Who authorized the use of taxpayer money to park our largest fire fighting trucks in the middle of the Wal Mart parking lot yesterday? How is this an appropriate use of town property in these financially difficult times? If they’d been positioned in front of our municipal offices for the purpose of paying tribute I wouldn’t think twice. But they were cabled together with a flag draped between them and in this windy weather where a fire can quickly get out of hand, wouldn’t it have been a tragedy if someone had needed assistance during this event and the response was delayed even a minute? Wal Mart? How do they rate hoarding our fire fighting resources! And this was Veteran’s Day, not fireman’s day. I’m just sayin’
Thank you, gentlemen, for all you have done for your country, and all you continue to do for your communities and veterans! May God bless America!
THANK YOU ALL,
FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THIS GREAT COUNTRY OF OURS!
Although I am not a Veteran I am extremely grateful and proud of them.
May God bless America and be with those who are still fighting to keep us safe!
Thank You so much to the ones who have served and given so much for this country as well as the families who have lost family members while fighting to keep us free.
Even though we may not all agree with the reasons behind warfare, it is important to support those who commit themselves to keep us all safe. It is a scarey world out there and we must all stick together.
Freedom is not Free. It’s extremely expensive. We sleep sound at night because brave men and women stand guard around the world. They watch our backs!
Every Veteran, past and present, wrote a blank check to the United States of America. It was payable up to and including their life. Sadly, some checks got cashed. Gratefully, many didn’t. Every Veteran endured hardship, danger, and home sickness.
Presently, there are some 32 million Veterans in the US. An important minority which forms the backbone of our society.
They walk among us in silence and anonymity. Thank them when you find one. Hire them when you can. Lend them a hand if they need it.
America is the land of the free because of the Brave.
We were kind of surprised that our son wasn’t taught in school why he was getting today off. We explained it, of course, but all I see coming home is pictures of turkeys and pilgrims. Nothing for Veterans Day? Maybe in the older grades?
Veteran’s Day is an important observation and a tribute to those who protect our borders. I salute all our men and women in uniform and the families who sometimes sacrifice with them.
I do have a question of the Farmington Fire Department, however. Who authorized the use of taxpayer money to park our largest fire fighting trucks in the middle of the Wal Mart parking lot yesterday? How is this an appropriate use of town property in these financially difficult times? If they’d been positioned in front of our municipal offices for the purpose of paying tribute I wouldn’t think twice. But they were cabled together with a flag draped between them and in this windy weather where a fire can quickly get out of hand, wouldn’t it have been a tragedy if someone had needed assistance during this event and the response was delayed even a minute? Wal Mart? How do they rate hoarding our fire fighting resources! And this was Veteran’s Day, not fireman’s day. I’m just sayin’