Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Winter Ranch Veterans' Day Celebration




At Winter Ranch we have many celebrations throughout the season.  Today is Veterans' Day and today we celebrated that.  Many people came dressed in their Red, White and Blue.  Our Activity Directors had a nice program.


 Volunteers Preparing To Serve Breakfast

Debbie and Howard McDaniel
Debbie and Howard  are new to Winter 
Ranch this year from Oklahoma
 Nancy and Bob Hutchins

 Janet and Paul Wilson

 Char and Jack Leach

 Cathy and Larry Chapin, Our Park Managers

 Charles and Emogene Duran 

 Nora Minor getting a cup of coffee

    THE CELEBRATION BEGINS
Lynn Murray

 Lynn and JD, our Activity Directors, 
and Ron Berg who said the Opening Prayer

 The crowd for the celebration


 Breakfast is served
Scrambled Eggs, Sausage, Fruit Cup and Biscuits
PRESENTATION OF THE SERVICE FLAGS
 
 The Army presented by Jim Blawat

 We honor all who served!

Lyn then had all the our military people stand by branch.  We have a lot of military veterans who celebrated with us today, including THREE World War II veterans!
 
I read a Poem dedicated to our Veterans

Lee was in charge of the video operation.  We listened to Kate Smith sing "God Bless America" and Billie Ray Cyrus sang "Some Gave All."

  HB Hulsey, our Veterans Advocate, read the History of Taps


Roger Richardson adjourned the celebration by playing Taps

There are always a lot of tears during taps!

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