Veterans honored at several Whidbey events
Published 3:54 pm Friday, November 7, 2014
Whidbey Island will be awash in activities and events centered around veterans ahead of and on Veterans Day, Nov. 11.
On South Whidbey, American Legion Post 141 will put on a memorial service at 11 a.m., Tuesday, Nov. 11 at the Bayview Cemetery. Grethe Cammermeyer, a former Army nurse, will be the guest speaker at the event which will also include a color guard and the Poppy Girls, who pass out flowers in honor of veterans.
Also, U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen, D-Everett, will have a roundtable with veterans from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. at the VFW Post 7392, 3037 Goldie Road in Oak Harbor. Later in the day in Oak Harbor, there will be the third annual Veterans Day Parade starting at 2 p.m. in downtown, rain or shine.
