Navy Capt. John C. Howard, MD, will be the keynote speaker next Tuesday when the Adamson-Lane American Legion Post holds its annual Veterans Day ceremony at the Rowe Cemetery near Hedley.
The ceremony will be held at 10 a.m. at the north gate of the cemetery, and the post will place flags on the graves of 210 veterans buried there.
Howard, who is a member of the local Legion post, was mobilized with the US Marines last year to Al Asad, Iraq, and returned to Clarendon and his medical practice in May of this year.
Also next Tuesday, the VFW Post #7782 will hold their annual Veterans Day Ceremony on November 11, 2008, at 11 a.m. at the Donley County War Memorial on the Courthouse Square. All veterans have been asked to wear their uniforms. The public is invited to attend to honor our veterans.
The Clarendon CISD students will honor our local veterans with a presentation on November 10, 2008, at noon in the Bronco Gym.
A luncheon for all veterans will follow. RSVP by Friday, November 7, to the Elementary Office at 874-3855.
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