Events:  Veterans Day Observance

 

The Norris Lions Club celebrates Veterans Day every year, with a breakfast gathering at a local establishment and a ceremony honoring our Norris friends and neighbors for their military service -- veterans whose services date as far back as 1942 and all those who have served since.  Activities typically begin at 10:00 a.m. on 11th with socializing among the veterans and with the Norris community.  This last year, the program proceded as folloows:

 

10:00 a.m.        Veterans meet at the Lions Pavilion

                               Coffee, tea, light food, socializing 

                               Veterans Registration

 

10:40 a.m.        Brief remarks, Wreath Presentation & Honors to the Colors

 

10:50 a.m.        *Veterans move to front of Norris Middle School with historical flags.  

                                NMS students greet veterans

 

11:00 a.m.        Greetings by Lions Club President, Jennifer Hayes

 

                           Invocation

 

                           Honors to the Colors

 

                           Introduction of each veteran present

                                Each Veteran steps forward when name, service, and period of service is                                       announced by a student

 

Following the ceremony, veterans joined students for lunch