An annual Toast to military service and some awards for service to the American Legion and the community.. a photo essay.
A little American Legion post that does a lot for its members and the community
Good afternoon Norwich and the Upper Valley,
There was lot’s of excitement at the American Legion Hall recently as the annual toast to the services event got underway. The toast of the services celebration is a toast to all the military members and their branch of service and wishes for a healthy and happy new year. In this story you will also see some photos of recent awards and quilts that were given out within the last few months.
In the military way of life, there is always another mission that needs to be done in order to meet the unit’s goals. Everyone knows what is expected and works together as a team and the job gets done.
Here is a story on the quilts that was recently done that explains the concept of these awarded quilts and shows one of the persons responsible for making them.
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Dot Plume and Donna Stearns secret mission of late has been to make Quilts for Combat veterans. They too work well as a team and as you can see from these photos their mission is complete. They have just just completed quilt number 100. Here are a couple more that were recently presented.
Kenneth A. Pelton was awarded his quilt recently.
This photo was taken by Gary DeGasta
Kenneth Pelton talks to the group while proudly holding his quilt. The rest of the photos for this story were taken by me
Gary De Gasta is presented with his quilt.
A closer view of the detail that goes into one of these quilts. ( an amazing job it is)
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Jim Harlow explaining the salute to the services ceremony, where a toast is made for each of the Military services to include Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, Coast Guard and our newest one the US Space force.
Members making their toasts (in this case to the US Marines by Mr Ward)
Commander Jeff Goodrich making his toast to the legion group
Jack Meyers receives an award for assisting the American Legion with their Memorial Day parade ceremonies
Linda Cook receives an award from the American Legion for assisting with safety and traffic control during Memorial day and Veterans day events.
Linda Cook proudly displays here award in front of the American Legion Post # 8 headquarters.
Emily Myers receives her 25 year member service award
