11/12/2025
Veterans Day-2025:
- Big D, our Founder, (and 1st President), opened the Clubhouse on the 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the 11th month as has been his tradition. It's a day for other Veterans in the Club to stop by for camaraderie and chat about their experiences and impacts as Veterans
-Gunner, our President along with Sarge, our Secretary went to 3 Extended Care Facilities in Vandalia to personally meet, greet and thank a total of 17 Veterans for their service. And to present each of those Veterans a metal door plaque to honor their service to Our Country.
-Sandman, our Business Manager, accepted an invitation to attend a Veterans ceremony at Greenville Nursing and Rehab Center to honor their 7 residents who are Veterans. Each was presented with certificates and gifts from Vitas Healthcare and the facility Staff, as well as a door plaque from the Sons Of Service.
-In the evening, these Club Officers were joined by a few other Veterans, including Hot Shot & Doc, at the clubhouse to be together as "Vets".
Background:
-At last month's Club meeting, the Sons had decided to honor area Veterans who are often unable to attend Veteran Day events and thus, whose service is sometimes not celebrated.
-Chumley was able to obtain the metal plaques for their doors as a way to acknowledge their service. The Veterans we met with, appreciated being recognized, and enjoyed chatting about their times in Service.
We are honored to have served, and humbled by the recognition and appreciation shown to us: we wanted to show our appreciation to some older Veterans to show that their service is also remembered.
SAAS.
