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Lake County presents veterans plaque and holds Department of Defense–authorized military funeral honors
Summary
The Lake County Board of Supervisors hosted a veterans appreciation presentation organized by Rick Mayo of We Serve Veterans Inc., unveiling a plaque listing county residents killed in action since World War I and holding a Department of Defense–authorized military funeral ceremony on the courthouse steps.
The Lake County Board of Supervisors hosted a veterans appreciation presentation facilitated by Rick Mayo, vice president of We Serve Veterans Incorporated, featuring a plaque honoring Lake County residents killed in action and a Department of Defense–authorized military funeral ceremony on the front steps of the Lake County Courthouse.
The plaque presented to the board lists county service members killed in action dating to World War I and will be posted on the veterans wall in the courthouse lobby, organizers said. Dave Wall Smith, president of We Serve Veterans Inc., described the presentation as an overview of local veterans organizations and their services and introduced the plaque to the board.
“The mission is briefly to introduce several of these organizations and highlight the services they provide for Lake County Veterans and our community as a whole,” Wall Smith said during the ceremony. He also explained the plaque lists names, branches and dates for those KIA from Lake County.
The program included short presentations from a slate of county veterans organizations.…
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