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"The willingness with which our young people are likely to serve in any war, no matter how justified, shall be directly proportional to how they perceive the Veterans of earlier wars were treated and appreciated by their nation." 

-- George Washington

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A message from the PCVC Chairman Gary Clark

Click here to view video from the PCVC Chairman
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Gary Clark, Col. USAF (Ret.)

Please helps us know how we did on the 2008 Veterans Day Events = Please click on the link provided and take our 10 question survey.  Thank you all for participating.

Survey Link

Polk County Veterans Council
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Click here to view PCVC Charter

Welcome to the Polk County Veterans Council website!

Mission 
The Mission of the Council is to promote United States national security through support of military veterans by fostering positive community relations while building camaraderie and good will.

The goal of the PCVC
To support National Security and a strong National Defense by conducting activities that underscore to our community the importance of “service above self” as demonstrated by military veterans in service to our nation and the cause of freedom.

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The next PCVC meeting will be:

Date: December 8, 2008
Time: 1700 hours
Location: Knights of Columbus, Council 2505
2014 Lakeland Hills Blvd
Lakeland, Florida 33805

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Monday, November 10, 2008

Thank you Polk County Veterans

Congratulations to everyone on a great Veterans Day Celebration on Saturday.

A lot of work by many made this the best ever.  Thanks to all the JROTC units, the Lake Gibson High Band, the public safety folks, all the veteran groups, the Scouts and Brownies, all the civic clubs, local agencies and groups, and local businesses who participated.  We look forward to seeing you again next year.  Mark your calendars for November 7, 2009.

Thanks again.  We will conduct a review and suggestions for next year at our next Veterans’ Council meeting, December 8.

See you all then.

Happy Birthday to all Marines.

Gary E. Clark

Colonel  USAF(Ret)

Chairman

Polk County Veterans' Council

6:30 pm | link

Sunday, November 9, 2008

2008 Veterans Day Events in Lakeland
Thank you all for participating in the 2008 Polk County Veterans Day Events.  November 8, 2008 was the day many veterans organizations from Polk County came together to honor those who served our country, in times of war and in times of peace.  To all who served, Veterans Day is your day.  Please click on the picture to the right to view a slide show of the events.  Once viewing the slide show, you may click on main at the top right of he screen if you see a picture you would like to copy, find the picture, right click the picture and save as in you computer file.

Please help us make the 2009 Veterans Day Events event better, we have placed a survey on the top of the PCVC home page, please click the link and fill out the 10 question survey.

The Ledger created a video of the Veterans Day Ceremony, a link is provided here

Again, thank you all for making the 2008 Veterans Day Events a great success, it is because of your dedication to our country that we still live in the land of the free.


Thank you.

Postmaster - Polk County Veterans Council
10:37 am | link

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Wreaths Across America
Wreaths Across America, it's a national project.

"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children’s children what it was once like in the United States where men were free."

Ronald Reagan
40th United States President (1911 – 2004)

Our Mission: to Remember - Honor - and Teach

Remember the fallen;

Honor those who serve;

Teach our children the value of freedom.

6:06 pm | link

Friday, September 12, 2008

Constitution Day - September 17, 1787

We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

Click here to view the Preamble of this Great Document (THANKS SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK)

8:00 am | link

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2008 Polk County Veterans Day Events
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Wreaths Across America
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It's a National Project

The PCVC presents a 2008 Armed Forces Day
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Event Slide Show, click on this picture to view.

Click on the this picture to view the
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2008 Memorial Day Service at Lklnd Mem. Grd

Florida Department of Veterans Affairs (FDVA)

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Click here for  the E-Florida Vets (11-07-08) 

Click here for the E-Florida Vets (10-31-08) 

Click here for the E-Florida Vets (10-24-08) 

Click here for the E-Florida Vets (10-17-08) 

Click here for the E-Florida Vets (08-08-08) 

Click here for the E-Florida Vets (08-01-08) 

Click here for the E-Florida Vets (07-25-08)

Click here for the E-Florida Vets (07-18-07)

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the Polk County Veterans Council Postmaster by clicking here

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Robert Herrick Photography donated 200 Veterans Day Event flyers to the Polk County Veterans Council

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Chuck Parkinson, Estimate request & Mail List Attachments ................ chuck@innovativeink.biz

Innovative Ink supplied 200 flyers to the Polk County Veterans Council - Please visit our sponsors website

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A Veteran - whether Active Duty, National Guard, or Reserve, is someone who at some point in their lives, wrote a blank check made payable to "The People of the United States of America" for an amount of "up to and including my life".

Polk County Veterans Council endeavors to unite all of Polk County's Veterans Organizations to better serve the Men and Women whom have served our country so valiantly. Polk County Veterans Council is - Veterans helping Veterans.

To contact the webmaster send an e-mail to postmaster@PolkVeteransCouncil.org
This website is sponsored by Gus and Lisa Garcia (2008), U.S. Army Veterans 1984-1991 and dedicated all of the Veterans of Polk County, Florida.  Thank you for your service.

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