You're invited to attend...

...our Veterans' Coffee on Friday, November 12th, from 9 to 11 a.m. 
     At a time when our country is still at war, we take this opportunity to honor and recognize our most important contributors to world peace...those who served the United States in all wars, especially the Veterans.
     It is a time marked by parades and church services and in many places the American flag is hung at half mast.
     Often a period of silence lasting two minutes is held at 11 a.m.  Some schools and businesses are closed in order to mark the occasion with special assemblies or other activities.
     We will be serving refreshments to the Veterans and their friends and family at our event.  The refeshments will provided by the Moultrie Federated Guild, the Moultrie Junior Woman's Club, the John Benning Chapter NSDAR, the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America, and the Friends of the MCCLS.  Flowers will be provided by the Magnolia Garden Club.
     Some of those wonderful Veterans we will be serving were interviewed this year by Beau Sherman of South Georgia Governmental Services Authority, along with members the high school's video production team Katie Moore and Matthew Lardy.  The video production teacher is Samantha Hardin. 
     The Veterans interviewed were William J. Bell (Army, Persian Gulf), Grover Reeves (Air Force, Germany), Clem Weldon (Army, Korea), Julian R. Bowles (Army, WWII), Billy Yarbrough (Army, Vietnam) and Randall Lairsey (Army, WWII).  During the program the video interviews will be shown to the public.
     Mr. Sherman will also present copies of the DVDs to Ann Glass, the chairperson of the Catherine M. Bryant Veterans History Project at MCCLS, and Jack Bridwell, the representative for the Museum of Colquitt County History.  These DVDs will be available in each location for the public to view.
     We hope you'll make plans to join us in "Celebrating our Veterans."  We'll be in the Willcoxon Auditorium.  The program begins about 9 a.m.  We'll look for you.