Community Coming Together for Veterans
Two Veteran’s Day events will take place Wednesday in Moundsville. The first will be held at 8:20 a.m. at St. Francis Xavier Church, while the annual Veterans Day program at the All-Wars and Purple Heart Monuments on the grounds of the Marshall County Courthouse will take place at 11 a.m. Glen Dale native Dr. Wade “Buddy” Bell, Jr., a U.S. Air Force Veteran who currently teaches at Virginia Military Institute in Lexington will be the speaker for the courthouse tribute to veterans. Bob Blazer, a member of Sons of American Legion, Earl Francis Post No. 3, Moundsville, will be the master of ceremonies. Also taking part in the event will be the Moundville Honor Guard, the Moundsville Middle School Band, and representatives of several different organizations who will place flowers on the All-War Monument. As to Bell, the John Marshall High School graduate, first attended Marietta College before transferring to the University of Florida where he received his Bachelors and Masters Degrees in Entomology and Nematology. He then joined the Air Force attending Officers Training School at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas, where he was first commissioned as a Second Lieutenant and then assigned to Navigator Training at Mather Air Force Base in California.
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