November 11, 2021 · 7:11 pm

Photo Essay – American Legion Post 8 Remembers Veterans Day

Photo Essay:  Day – American Legion Post 8 Remembers Veterans Day

by Larry Janezich

Posted November 11, 2021

Veterans Day honors military veterans who served in the US Armed Forces.  It is always on November 11 – and marks the end of World War I on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918.   American Legion Post 8, at 3rd and D Streets, SE, commemorates the day with a ceremony in Folger Park on Capitol Hill.

Presentation of Colors by the US Marine Drum and Bugle Corps.

Several hundred Capitol Hill residents attended today’s ceremony.

David Carmichael, Commander, Kenneth H. Nash Post 8, with Reverend Stephanie Vader, Capitol HillUnited Methodist Church and Captain Eric J. Hawn, Commander, Naval Facilitation Engineering Systems, Command Washington.

Karlene Bowen, President, American Legion Auxiliary, Unit 8. Bowen quoted John F. Kennedy: “As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words but to live by them.” 

Ward 6 Councilmember Charles Allen paid tribute to those who served and who pass their morals and values on to the community and instill in young people – like the Boy Scouts who help with the ceremony – the knowledge of what service means.

Council Member at Large Robert White expressed pride in the service of residents of the city and reminded the audience that as Chair of the Council’s Government Operations Committee, he had increased funding for the DC Office of Veterans Affairs.

C. Dixon Osburn, Executive Director of the Servicemenbers Legal Defense Network delivered the Veterans Day Address and asked the audience to reflect on the meaning of inclusion in the Armed Forces on the 10th anniversary of the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” Osburn said, “When barriers drop, extraordinary individuals emerge to make our nation a better place…that’s what it means to be an American.”

Captain Eric J. Hawn thanked those who served and sacrificed and who continue efforts to promote patriotism.

Past American Legion Post 8 Commanders join this year’s ceremony participants in the wreath ceremony.

A lone bugler played “Taps” to end the ceremony.

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2 responses to “Photo Essay – American Legion Post 8 Remembers Veterans Day”

  1. Maggie Hall
    November 12, 2021 at 2:57 am

    Larry, thanks for your wonderful, detailed report – with great photos – of the (as usual) moving 11th of the 11th ceremony staged by The Legion. Post 8 always comes up with such a well organised, compelling Veterans’ Day tribute.

  2. Jerry Sroufe
    November 12, 2021 at 9:08 am

    Larry, I always look forward to your coverage of this patriotic event. I watched it on zoom this year and could observe you doing your work, a bonus addition to the great music and inspiring speeches.