From left: (standing) Holiday Administrator Daniel Rogers, Mike Wulf, Zachery McCormick, Derrick Roberts, Larry Hume, Gene Hutto, Joy Hutto, and Mary Fausett, (seated) Robert Clifton, Luther Lorenz, James Clayton, Levon Andrews, and Roger Paxton.
November 13, 2024 - The Holiday Nursing and Rehabilitation celebrated and honored their veterans on Monday, November 11, 2024 and invited fellow VFW Post 8904 members as well.
Larry Hume, VFW Post Adjutant, spoke to the veterans in attendance explaining the reason for Veterans Day which is to recognize and honor U.S. military personnel and their service.
It was started November 11, 1919 on the one year anniversary of an armistice between Allied nations and Germany which is generally regarded as the end of the war to end all wars. Originally, the day was called Armistice Day which can be remembered to have happened on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. November 11th was signed to be a legal holiday on May 13, 1938 by the President of the United States and was set aside to honor Veterans of World War I. In 1954, the 83rd Congress amended the Act of 1938 by renaming the day Veterans Day with the purpose of a day to honor American Veterans of all wars.
Hume then recognized all the veterans in the room giving them an opportunity to say their branch and years of service. Others in attendance were then given the opportunity to say the name of family members who are veterans.
Facility Administrator Rogers then presented framed certificates to their resident veterans who are Roger Paxton - Navy 1963-1967, USS Regulus; Levon Andrews - Army 1972-1976, tank driver; James Clayton - Air Force 1962-1966, linguist; Luther Lorenz - Air Force, bombardier; Tommie Lathan; and Robert Clifton - Air Force, Retired, supply.
