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Special event held in

appreciation of veterans

BY DANIELLE OZBAT
Poppies, pins, and red, white, importance of honoring veterans.
and blue paraphernalia were on “Our main thing for today is to let
display Thursday as a veterans them know that even though they’re
recognition ceremony was held at in assisted living facility, that we
Dunlop House. This is the first time haven’t forgotten and we do thank
the ceremony was held at the senior them for their service,” Duncan said.
living community. Amanda Griffith, “It’s just something near and dear
the community relations coordinator to my heart, I can’t think of enough
at Dunlop House, said the event was ways to thank the veterans and the
a collaboration with VFW Post 2239 active duty military for what they do,
to honor local military personnel and and anytime I can do anything in that
veterans residing at the facility. respect then I’m goning to go out and
try to do it.”
Along
with a
poppy drive,
veterans PHOTOS BY DANIELLE OZBAT
at Dunlop
House were
honored in
a pinning
ceremony. VFW MEMBER DONNIE DUNCAN PINS RETIRED ARMY VETERAN
Each vet was JOSEPH BROWN.
pinned with and given a poem thanking them for Vietnam veterans, who received pins
an American his service, while spouses of veterans commemorating the 50 anniversary of
th
MEMBERS OF VFW POST 2239 AND DUNLOP HOUSE COMMUNITY RE- flag pin were given a rose. In special recognition the Vietnam war.
LATIONS COORDINATOR HOUSE AMANDA GRIFFITH.
“I got together with Joann
Duncan from the VFW and I said,
‘How can we partner to recognize
veterans both in her VFW and the
outside community and also within
Dunlop House,’” Griffith said, “and Decorating for the Holidays!
so she and I collaborated to do the
poppy drive and open it up to the
general public for [local veterans] to
stop by [and get a poppy], and then
also to recognize the veterans that
we have living here as residents in
assisted living.”
Griffith said there are roughly
20 to 30 veterans residents at Dunlop
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