MEMBERS OF AMERICAN LEGION POST 230 PARTICIPATED IN A VETERANS DAY CELEBRATION AT SHELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, HAWTHORNE, FLORIDA HOSTED BY PRINCIPAL LIBBY HARTWELL. AFTER OPENING PRAYER, THE FLAG WAS POSTED AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WAS SAID. MEMBERS OF THE LEGION THAN ADDRESSED THE ADULTS & CHILDREN GATHERED. THEY SPOKE TO THEM OF THEIR WARTIME AND SERVICE EXPERIENCES AND THE HISTORY OF VETERANS DAY. OUR COMMANDER,HARRY CARTER,SPOKE ABOUT THE AMERICAN LEGION AND ITS HISTORY AND ITS COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT. PRINCIPAL HARTMANN PRESENTED A PLAQUE TO OUR OLDEST MEMBER PRESENT AND WW2 VETERAN, BILLY CARLTON. CLOSING CEREMONIES WERE OBSERVED, THE FLAG WAS RETIRED, AND WE BROKE FOR LUNCH, SERVED AT THE SCHOOL CAFETERIA.
