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Veterans Day 2021 was quite an experience for Kit Carson Chapter #447 of Albuquerque, New Mexico. We took our
show 225 miles south and Aztec Lodge No. 3 in Las Cruces opened their doors for us. We then initiated twelve(12)
new members into our Chapter. They came from the Las Cruces area, White Sands and Eunice, New Mexico and from
the El Paso, Texas area. President William LaRue conducted the initiation assisted by Brothers Dion Newhouse, Arland
Blackburn, Larry McDougal, Randy Geck, our National Chief of Staff of the Heroes of '76, as well as Joe Lowry from
White Sands and Roger Sellers from Las Cruces. After the initiation the following new members were welcomed into our
ranks: Steve Almager, Brandon Brooks, Buefaro R. Brown, Omar Estrada, Robert Fike, Pete Loaiza, Rafael Martinez,
David Ortiz, Ernesto Torres Ortiz, Gary Quimey, Benjamin Soto and Lorenzo Villa. The Jonathan M. Wainwright Camp,
Heroes of '76, then conducted a “Building the Flag” Ceremony. Randy Geck, Dion Newhouse, Arland Blackburn, Larry
McDougal, William LaRue and Joe Lowry took part in the ceremony. Submitted by J. William LaRue