Veterans Day started in Alabama and there are plenty of places to recognize it in Wetumpka on Saturday.
Gardner Perdue is helping organize efforts at Trinity Episcopal Church where the community is invited to come out for the Gallery of Honor.
“That is for people to bring, see and share memorabilia from their loved ones,” Perdue said. “The service members themselves can bring it too.”
The ‘Gallery of Honor’ is from 4 to 6:30 p.m. as the program transitions into ‘A Tribute to Veterans.’
“This will be the 15th year we have done it,” Perdue said. “This year we are recognizing two World War II veterans. One is 99 years old. The other is 98. They are two of the oldest veterans in Elmore County we know of.”
Also at Trinity Episcopal, the Wetumpka Fire Department will have a display from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Perdue said as long as the weather cooperates and there are no calls, the department’s ladder truck will be hoisting a large American flag.
There is also a program at 11 a.m. at VFW Post 4572.
Earlier in the morning, Cub Scout Pack 50 will be putting flags on the gravesites of known Veterans at the Pineview Cemetery.
The NAACP Elmore County Branch 5026 is hosting a veterans breakfast from 8 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Martin Luther King Center on Lancaster Street in Wetumpka.
