Tomorrow we honor war veterans in our neighborhood and around the U.S. If you have a minute, please take it to read and watch our videos from the Advocate multi-media dedication, last year, to WWII Vets in our neighborhood.
We also featured WWII vet Bernice Press in this November’s story about amazing seniors about town. 92-year-old Press, recently went on the (unbelievably awesome) Honor Flight trip to D.C. and as I write, is preparing for the Veterans Day service tomorrow at CC Young.
She collects photos and info from all of the veterans at the retirement community and hangs them along the hallway; she had more than 100 this year.
Also, a “Semper Fi” and “happy birthday” to all the Marines in the neighborhood and around the country today — John Reeg, Donovan Campbell and his men, Colby Vokey, (all Marines we have written about recently) my dad (a Vietnam vet) and grandfather (a WWII vet), to name a few — as they celebrate 236 years!
More notes:
Free admission to the Dallas Arboretum for veterans all weekend.
Free admission to the Dallas Arboretum for veterans all weekend.
The Veteran’s Day Parade starts at 11 a.m. Friday at City Hall.
The inaugural Veterans Day 11k, 5k and 1-mile run will start at 5:11 p.m. at the Vietnam Memorial at Fair Park.
Closer to home, the Whiterock Court retirement community, a Holiday Retirement property, located at 9215 White Rock Trail in Dallas, will host a hot dog lunch in support of Outward Bound Sunday, Nov. 12 at noon. More about the mission here.
