A day to remember all our veterans

Burleson County pays tribute in Nov. 11 ceremony at Civic Center

  • VFW RIFLE HONOR Guard members Tommy Miles, Donnie Frieda and Eddie Gaas fire their volleys at the Veterans Day ceremony.
    VFW RIFLE HONOR Guard members Tommy Miles, Donnie Frieda and Eddie Gaas fire their volleys at the Veterans Day ceremony.
  • LAYING THE WREATH at the Veterans Memorial are Donny Wood of the American Legion post, Henry Probst of the VFW post and Bill Moore of the DAV post.
    LAYING THE WREATH at the Veterans Memorial are Donny Wood of the American Legion post, Henry Probst of the VFW post and Bill Moore of the DAV post.
  • HORACE HAMILTON, BURLESON County’s Pearl Harbor survivor, salutes during Monday’s Veterans Day ceremony.
    HORACE HAMILTON, BURLESON County’s Pearl Harbor survivor, salutes during Monday’s Veterans Day ceremony.
  • MAJ. GENERAL Mike Taylor addresses the gathering on Monday for Veterans Day in Caldwell. -- Tribune photo by Roy Sanders
    MAJ. GENERAL Mike Taylor addresses the gathering on Monday for Veterans Day in Caldwell. -- Tribune photo by Roy Sanders
Burleson County has always been a place that values patriotism and military service. Seldom has one county sacrificed as much as Burleson County in war time, particularly in World War II when the county endured one of the nation’s highest casualty rates for a county its size in America. So Monday’s Veterans Day ceremony was special indeed as local residents gathered to honor past and current…

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