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MEETING LOCATION EFFECTIVE SATURDAY, 28TH OF MARCH 2009
AMERICAN LEGION POST #2
3518 FREDRICKSBURG ROAD
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SIGNIFICANT EVENTS
14 July 2007 - A copy of the print below created by artist Castanie and provided by Texas State VVA was presented as a small token of our gratitude to several of the local families and loved ones of those brave young warriors that have made "The Ultimate Sacrifice" in Afghanistan and Iraq.
"NEVER AGAIN WILL ONE GENERATION OF VETERANS ABANDON ANOTHER"
A second presentation of the prints was made at our meeting on Saturday, 08 Sep 2007.
A very special thanks to Kim Smith, proud mother of, US Army PVT Robert L. Frantz - KIA Iraq 17 Jun 2003, for her assistance in coordinating contact with the Gold Star Families and helping make our efforts in presenting the prints a success.
Preparations are underway for the upcoming Veterans Day Parade in November.
All Veterans Memorial Service, San Antonio, TX; Veteran's Memorial Plaza, was held on 27 April 2008 at 1:00 PM at the Vietnam Memorial on the corner of Martin and Jefferson Streets. Our guest speaker was Medal of Honor Recipient, General Patrick H. Brady. See link above.
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“A veteran – whether active duty, retired, national guard, or reserve – is someone who, at one point in his or her life, wrote a blank check made payable to The United Stats of America, for an amount of ‘up to and including my life’” (Author unknown)
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