The Veterans at the Library held their weekly meeting at the First Baptist Church social hall Monday morning, May 18, at 9 a.m. With Chair Johnny Tapley presiding, there were 58 in attendance. The First Baptist Church provided the breakfast consisting of grits, breakfast casserole, biscuits, sausage gravy, jelly, fresh picked strawberries, muffins and all the trimmings, orange juice, grape juice, apple juice and coffee. The food was outstanding. A big thank you to them for doing this for the Veterans.
The speaker for the meeting was Georgia Southern University/East Georgia Campus Athletics Director Joe Heikenen. He talked about the upcoming exciting year that both GSU and East Georgia State College Campus will have.
Chair Johnny also talked about the upcoming Memorial Day event that will be held May 25 at 11 a.m. at the Veterans and 1st Responders Memorial Park. Veterans at the Library will be dedicating two new 6' x 4' x 10" monuments; one for the 31 Revolutionary War Veterans that are buried in Emanuel County and the other for Rosie the Riveters and those that were part of the home team during World War II that supported the war effort in manufacturing. Emanuel Medical Center is feeding all the Veterans at 8 a.m. and this is the fourth year that EMC has treated the Veterans. Thanks to Damian Scott and all the medical staff.
