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Veterans Day 2024
On Monday, November 11th, The Friends of the Lake Cherokee Veterans Memorial held its first Veterans Day Ceremony.
With about 80 attendees including Scout Troop 201, we celebrated not only our veterans, but also our flag, the symbol of our nation.
It was a wonderful evening and even more special seeing the flags flying on the Memorial!
Bart Owens, President of the Lake Cherokee Community Foundation, was our MC.
Mike Maxwell from Church at Lake Cherokee provided the invocation. Thomas White gave us the history of the LCVM. Gary Mapes and Kevin Jones from CWC talked about the support of CWC. John Morgan gave us a veterans perspective.
Troop 201 presented colors and raised the American Flag.
Miguel Fabbiani read “I am the Flag” and Barrett Newsom led the Pledge of Allegiance.
And the angelic voice of Dee Kennel, who sang the National Anthem.
Special thanks to our registration volunteers: Gina, Sue, Karen, & Lorraine.
And of course, thanks to our Veterans for coming and supporting YOUR Memorial.
4th of July 2024 weekend
Friends of LCVM placed around 80 American flags around the site prior to 4th of July weekend. Thanks to John Morgan for supplying the flags. And thanks to Thomas White for picking them up at the end of the weekend!
Chatter Articles
We are running a series of articles on our U.S. Armed Forces. Each month will highlight a different branch. It started with an overview of the Department of Defense and the organization of our Armed Forces and will culminate with an article on our veterans coinciding with Veterans Day in November.
Existing site on Persimmon Point
Existing site on Persimmon Point