Mount Vernon VFW Post 9233 will honor this nation’s veterans by hosting their 32nd annual Veterans Day program at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, November 11th, in the Rolland Lewis Community Building at Veterans Park.
This year’s featured speaker will be U.S. Air Force Colonel Troy Poorman of Woodlawn. Gold Star Mother Cheryl Price-Hunsell will place roses on a field of green in front of memorial monuments honoring the service and sacrifice of our nation’s heroes. Price-Hunsell is the mother of LCpl. J. Kyle Price, a Marine and Woodlawn native who was killed in Iraq on Jan. 13, 2006.
For more information on the ceremony, contact Bill Hemker at (618) 316-3513.