Veterans Honored At First Friday
Warsaw’s June First Friday event was a very special one that not only introduced the public to the Seward Johnson sculptures that will be part of the downtown area through September, but it was also an opportunity to honor those who served our nation.
On what was the 70th anniversary of the Normandy landings — known as D-Day — Warsaw honored local veterans, deceased and surviving. The names of nearly 100 men and women who served in the United States Armed Forces and still survive today were read during a special ceremony and each one presented with a token of appreciation for their past service.
It was on June 6, 1944, when more than 160,000 Allied troops landed on a heavily fortified French coastline to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy, France. Warsaw Mayor Joe Thallemer, Ken Locke of The Salvation Army and the Greater Warsaw Ministerial Association, Joe Wilkey of World Compassion Network and Pastor John B. Lowe were speakers for the event.