The event opened with local singer Sheila Clopton presenting a short selection of each U.S. military branch’s fight song, followed by an invocation from the VFW’s Dick Dickens and then the national anthem, again sung by Clopton. IAN TOCHER/Staff
With General (ret.) Stewart Rodeheaver by her side, VFW 6686 Commander Sherrel Nicole Barker, introduces each speaker during the VFW Veterans Day program at Eatonton’s Putnam County Veterans Wall of Honor Park. IAN TOCHER/Staff
The Putnam County Veterans Wall of Honor Park includes six surrounding brick walls, with more than 1,500 bricks engraved with the names of men and women who have served in the Armed Forces. IAN TOCHER/Staff
A wet weather forecast for Nov. 11 pushed back a scheduled VFW-led Veterans Day program at the Putnam County Veterans Wall of Honor Park to Monday under cool, but bright, clear skies.
New VFW Commander Sherrel Nicole Barker said she spent about 45 minutes in drizzling rain on Friday turning away folks who didn’t realize the original ceremony had been postponed, but she was encourage...
