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

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

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"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)

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Remember the fallen;

Honor those who serve;

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