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We want to wish everyone who has served or is currently serving our country a very blessed Veterans Day.

Thank you for all that you have done to protect us and this country we love.

You are in our thoughts and prayers as we remember all current and former military on this special day.

To celebrate Veterans Day, which actually falls this year on Saturday, November 11, there will be a Memorial Service at 11 am at the Civil War Monument at Industrial Parkway and U. S. Highway 42 (10050 Industrial Parkway) in Jerome Township. Please stop and honor all those who have given us our freedom. Abraham Lincoln will deliver a message.

For more information, visit the Jerome Township Civil War Memorial Facebook site HERE.

There will also be a Plain City Veterans Day Celebration sponsored by the American Legion Post 248, VFW, and Darby Post 3268 from 10:30-11:30 am on Friday, November 10 at the Plain City Elementary School, 580 South Chillicothe Street. Music will be presented by the Jonathan Alder Band.

The photo is of our dad, Bob Timmons, when he was in the Navy in the late 1960’s. We want to thank him and all our veterans for their service.

We want to wish everyone who has served or is currently serving our country a very blessed Veterans Day.

Thank you for all that you have done to protect us and this country we love.

You are in our thoughts and prayers as we remember all current and former military on this special day.

On Veterans Day, Friday, November 11, at noon, there will be a Memorial Service at the Monument at Industrial Parkway and U. S. Highway 42 in Jerome Township. Please stop and honor all those who have given us our freedom.

There will also be a Plain City Veterans Day Celebration sponsored by the American Legion Post 248, VFW, and Darby Post 3268 from 10:30-11:30 am on Friday at the Plain City Elementary School, 580 South Chillicothe Street. Music will be presented by the Jonathan Alder Band.

Here is information on the Veterans Day activities in both Plain City and Jerome Township.

In Plain City (from a news release from Bernie Vance):

“Veterans Day will be celebrated on Friday, November 11 with a Memorial Program beginning at 10:30 AM at the Plain City Elementary School Gymnasium, 580 South Chillicothe Street, Plain City. There will be special parking for those attending.

“This year’s speaker will be US Army Lt. Col., Ken Ratliff. Lt. Col. Ratliff was commissioned as an Armor Officer in 1995 following graduation from Bowling Green State University, Ohio.

“His first assignment was with A Company, 1st Battalion, 147th Armor Regiment, Ohio Army National Guard, in Lima, Ohio. Over his 20-year career, he has commanded units at the Company and Battalion level. His staff assignments range from Battalion to Joint Force Headquarters-Ohio including Executive Officer for the 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Columbus, OH. He has two overseas deployments and one domestic response to Hurricane Rita.

“Since 2003, Lt. Col. Ratliff has served in the Active Guard Reserve program with the Ohio Army National Guard. In this full time employment program, he has served in a wide variety of units including Ohio’s Homeland Response Force and 174th Air Defense Artillery Brigade. LTC Ratliff’s education includes the U.S. Army’s Command and General Staff School and a Master’s degree from Bowling Green State University.

“His awards and decorations include the Meritorious Service Medal (6 OLC), Army Commendation Medal (1 OLC), Army Achievement Medal (2 OLC).

“LTC Ratliff resides in Plain City, OH with his wife Amanda from Marion, Ohio and their two sons – James and Nathan. The family also has two former racing greyhounds, Annie and Maya.

“Please take a few minutes on November 11 to attend this Plain City American Legion Post 248 and the VFW, Darby Post 3268 sponsored event at the Plain City Elementary School on South Chillicothe Street and pay tribute to all those who have served in this country’s Armed Forces.

“For additional information contact Bernie Vance at 614-570-2962.”

For Jerome Township:

Veterans Day in Jerome Township will take place at the Soldiers’ Monument (at the corner of U. S. Highway 42 and Industrial Parkway) on Friday, November 11 beginning at noon with a welcome by Jerome Township Trustees, Joe Craft, CJ Lovejoy, and Ron Rhodes. The program will last approximately an hour.

After the invocation by Reverend Philip Bougher, Pastor Emeritus of the New California Presbyterian Church, the flag will be raised and the memorial wreath will be placed. John Cooper, acting as Abraham Lincoln, will address those in attendance.

The complete listing of events is below.

For more information, please visit the Jerome Township web site HERE.

We want to wish everyone who has served or is currently serving our country a very blessed Veterans Day.

Thank you for all that you have done to protect us and this country we love.

You are in our thoughts and prayers as we remember all current and former military on this special day.

If you are a veteran or active military, please stop in the store on Veterans Day, Wednesday, November 11 to get a free goodie bag. We will also give you a flu shot for half off the normal price (and if we can bill your insurance, it might even be FREE!). This is just our way of saying thank you for serving our country and sacrificing so much.

On Veterans Day at noon, there will be a Memorial Service at the Monument at Industrial Parkway and U. S. Route 42. Please stop and honor all those who have given us our freedom.

There will also be a Plain City Veterans Day Celebration sponsored by the American Legion Post 248, VFW, and Darby Post 3268 from 10:30-11:30 am on Wednesday at the Plain City Elementary School, 580 South Chillicothe Street. Music will be presented by the Jonathan Alder Band.

We want to wish everyone who has served or is currently serving our country a very blessed Veterans Day.

Thank you for all that you have done to protect us and this country we love.

You are in our thoughts and prayers as we remember all current and former military on this special day.

This is our Great-Uncle Emmit Maggert in both of the photos below. Uncle Emmit recently visited Washington DC and the Veterans memorials through Honor Flight.

To find out more about Honor Flight, which is a wonderful program that allows veterans to see the monuments that commemorate their service, visit their web site HERE.

Uncle Emmit flew out through Honor Flight Dayton and we had the honor of seeing him and the other veterans traveling with him return home to the Dayton Airport. It was a festive, happy time–even though it was midnight and well beyond the veterans’ bedtimes and our bedtime!!

Honor Flight is a super program to donate to, as they pay for all travel costs for the veterans to visit Washington DC. There is absolutely no cost to the veterans–to thank them for their service, the program covers all expenses using donations.