Following the Veterans Day Ceremony on Friday, area veterans pose under the Seeley Lake Veterans Memorial with Seeley Lake Girl Scout Troop #3436. Veterans received handmade thank you cards from the Girl Scouts and from Seeley-Swan High School art students.
American Legion Post #63 member Ray Harra lowers the flag to half-staff during the Veterans Day commemoration ceremony at the Swan Valley Community Hall on Friday. Veterans, their families and guests were in attendance.
Rebecca Klassen, a member of Jamie Matthew's third- to- fifth-grade class at Swan Valley Elementary, asking Army veteran Robin Hall about her service. Robin said that she was deployed to the War on Terror in Iraq and Afghanistan. The veterans were treated to a dinner by the American Legion Post 63 Ladies Auxiliary on Veterans Day, Nov. 11. Each student was paired with a veteran to ask some questions about their service.
Girl Scout handing veterans a card Veterans receiving handmade cards from the Seeley Lake Girl Scouts. The cards included messages such as "We honor you," "Thank you for your service," and "Thank you for fighting for our freedom."
SEELEY LAKE & Swan Valley: The Veterans and Families of Seeley Lake and American Legion Post #63 in the Swan Valley hosted their annual Veterans Day ceremonies Nov. 11 at 11 a.m. Both ceremonies were followed by a lunch for the veterans and their families.
President Barbara Knopp led this year's ceremony in Seeley Lake. She focused on the importance and sacrifices made by soldiers fighting for freedom. She summed up her thoughts with two words, "Thank you!."
During the lunch in the Swan Valley, Swan Valley Elementary students were paired with a veteran to ask some questions about their service.
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