Donley County residents are making plans to honor those who have served in the American armed forces as Veterans Day approaches next week.
The Adamson-Lane American Legion Post 287 will be placing flags on all the veterans’ graves at Rowe Cemetery near Hedley on Friday, November 8, 2019 in preparation for Veterans Day. Several volunteers and organizations similarly met at Citizens Cemetery near Clarendon Monday afternoon to set out flags there.
The Legion will hold the first service next week with a Veterans Day Program to be held Monday, November 11, at 10 a.m. at the Rowe Cemetery followed by a program at the Hedley school given by the students. The Honorable Stuart Messer, of the 100th District Court, will be the guest speaker for the program at the Rowe Cemetery.
Also on Monday morning, the Donley County Memorial Post of the VFW will hold its Veterans Day service at 11 a.m. Monday at the Donley County War Memorial on the courthouse square.
The VFW Auxiliary will serve a spaghetti lunch at the VFW Hall after the service. In case of bad weather, the entire service will be moved to the VFW Hall.
The annual Clarendon College Veterans Day Program will be Monday evening at 7 p.m. at the Harned Sisters Fine Arts Center. Dick Bode, a survivor of the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands during World War II and an Air Force veteran, will be guest speaker.
Clarendon Elementary will close out the Veterans Day services on Tuesday, November 12, with a service at 12:15.
The VFW Auxiliary asks for volunteers to help pick up flags at Citizens Cemetery on Monday, November 18, at 4:30 p.m.
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