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Speaker 1 (00:17):
This is the Uncle Henry Show here on News Radio
seventy ten WNTM. And in this segment of the show,
very proud to have some veterans in the studio with
me from the Mobile Bay Area of Veterans Commission. I've
got retired Colonel Phil Quigley, retired Colonel Frank Weindling, and
retired Master Gunnery Sergeant Cynthia House. Welcome to the show, everybody,
(00:40):
Thank you, thanks, it is great to have you all here.
Thank you all for your service. And you're here to
talk to me about Betroan's Day, right.
Speaker 2 (00:47):
Be sure it's approaching quick.
Speaker 1 (00:50):
It is approaching. It is a week from today. Let's
tell the listeners. What do you have going that is
going to be so great on Betroans Day.
Speaker 2 (00:57):
Well, i'll tell you the Tuesday, Love of November, which
is Veterans Day, Big Day. It kicks off with a
flag raising ceremony at seven am, so everyone needs to
be up early, be out at the Battleship Memorial Park.
It's at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. It's wonderful, it's awesome.
It's can be great to see the flag raising ceremony.
(01:20):
Then from there it's the annual Veterans Day Parade here
in the city of Mobile downtown at ten am, started
at Canal Work, its way to abroad Broad Street, Government
and on back to Fort Whiting.
Speaker 1 (01:35):
Okay, and now before now, before you keep talking about
these events, yeah, Veterans Day Parade. Are you all involved
in organizing the Veterans Day Parrade?
Speaker 2 (01:42):
Yes, yes, we are. I mean that's things that we
do part of the Mobile Babe, tell me about it.
Speaker 1 (01:48):
What's going to be in this parade?
Speaker 3 (01:50):
Cynthia, Please let me jump in and please Cynthia, she
does a good job out of it.
Speaker 1 (01:55):
I've been wondering. When the microphones are off, you're in charge.
But when the microphones are on.
Speaker 3 (02:00):
Okay, good, good, good. So everybody in Mobile needs to
know that Mobile, Alabama has been named a regional site
for the celebration of Veterans Day from the Department of
Veterans Affairs. Why is that a big deal? It's a
big deal because we are one of only about twenty
locations in America that have been officially recognized by the
(02:20):
government as such. That in itself is a big deal.
Part of that big deal, I guess, has to do
with the things that we do with the parade. For example,
if you don't do anything else, those of you who
are wondering what can we do to acknowledge our veterans,
get out there to that parade because you're gonna see veterans.
You'll see a few pieces of army equipment, and you
(02:41):
know that's gonna make you feel good. But it did.
I had to say army. I'm gonna call this stuff
not even equipment. But you see various veterans organizations, Marine Corpsleague,
the MANFA, Fartrina Association, DAV, all of these groups of
veterans who are getting together to do some things. And
we've got citizens, citizens and some of THEIRCIPIC groups that
(03:02):
are out there marching. I like to see the dance groups,
but when you see the ROTC, those cadets coming off
from the various schools, you just can't help but stand
up a little bit prouder, even more proud that they
have the little ones. I know that group is called
the LTC, so these would be your middle schoolers that
are also heading forward to do those ROTC kinds of things.
(03:23):
So that's pretty much what you're going to see in
the parade. And there's some judging going on. Okay, judging
going on, and I just thought about that. Yeah, so
they're being judged on the various things that military folks do.
But what I like about what I'm saying now is
just hitting me is the fact that the well, the
winner is it going to be announced with that luncheon.
Oh so tell me about the lunch right, head on
(03:46):
over to Fort White and it's overall for those of
you who don't know sixteen thirty South broad Street. We're
going to acknowledge the Patriot of the year, yes, and
we're going to acknowledge the better better than of the year.
And so those are some things you can start reading
a little bit more about war. Also going to acknowledge
number one, the winners of the parade, what I meaning
the ROTC side, And you're also going to acknowledge the
(04:09):
Cadets of the year, both from the University of South
Alabama will have one from the Air Force side of
the house, I believe, and from the Army side. That's
a big deal because many times today we're not even
realizing that our youth is even interested in this kind
of thing. So we have to acknowledge that in my
way of just saying, hey, you're on the right track.
Speaker 4 (04:27):
Now.
Speaker 3 (04:27):
The mill is going to be great, of course.
Speaker 1 (04:29):
Okay before I'm sorry to keep interrupting, But so the
youth of today are they interested in doing stuff like ROTC.
I've run into a lot of young people that seem
to be fired up about this country lately.
Speaker 3 (04:41):
They are, and they prove it. And I'll just say
that this is something that you want to actually see
in the parade. Well, you'll see a little bit of
it because when you see how they respond to the
commands as they're out there moving, when you look up
some of the schools individual and you see the records
that they hold because they're competing the whole time. And
so yeah, it's a part of it. And surprisingly enough
many of them actually move on and go to active service.
Speaker 1 (05:03):
Okay, all right, So it's going to be for me
as an American, it will be uplifting to see the
ROTC participating in all this because it means a continuity
of service in exactory exactly.
Speaker 2 (05:15):
And I want to add to Cynthia. She mentioned Veteran
of the Year and Patriot of the Year and this
year Colonel John Kilpatrick, he's the founder of the VET
recover and I know a lot of you know where
that is in Springhiald great organization. A marine and also
a colonel in the Army Reserves, and this is awesome too.
The Patriot of the Year is doctor Jack Hawkins Junior,
(05:39):
who is the chancellor at Troy University since nineteen eighty nine.
He also to a United States Marine, but he is
from Mobile. Okay, all right, So they'll be honored there
at the luncheon right since.
Speaker 3 (05:54):
It will be. And I think that's one of the
reasons this is a banner year for us. I'll tell
you I've been doing this lunching thing for a number
of years now and the numbers are up there. We've
got a lot of a tennis and people are really interested. Uh.
A lot of it it's because of who we have
for the patron and Better of the Year, But again
a lot of it too, it's because people are feeling
a bit more patriotic now. I can sense that and
feel that through almost everything we're doing.
Speaker 1 (06:16):
Is it is it as much patriotism as people feeling
like they need to serve that it's time to step up.
I'm seeing more people will step up a.
Speaker 2 (06:24):
Little bit about and Frank Corrict me if I'm wrong.
I believe now that I've read that we're on a
waiting list for the UH. I don't know if you
want to say youth or what age that are signing
up in the military or one to become a part
of the military now.
Speaker 4 (06:40):
So I think that you know, there are good signs
out there that all services, I believe are approaching or
making their mission. I know the Marine Corps makes your
mission every year. They've pride themselves on that. It's definitely
a definitely an unusual year. Something also to talk about
and to recognize. Twenty twenty five is especially there are
(07:00):
reason to specials because it celebrates the two hundred and
fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the United States Army,
United States Navy, and United States Marine Corps. So Army
celebrated in June, Navy celebrated in October, and the Marine
Corps celebrates here in six days on November tenth. So
looking forward to that date, it's always always a day
of celebration, recognition and remembering and also looking forward. And
(07:23):
that's kind of what this on what we're talking about
here today and bringing all the youth together in these
in these events and these activities, and when they hear
and they listen to veterans and people in the military
speak about their services, I think that's important that they
hear those experiences because I think that's what they want,
that's what they want to hear, that's what they want
(07:43):
to embolize. They they want to be a part of.
And so these kind of conversations are important.
Speaker 1 (07:48):
Okay, now we're now can you stick around for one
more segment because we have more things to talk about,
but we got about one minute left in this segment.
You've got the flag raising ceremony in the morning, You've
got the parade in the morning, You've got a lunch
there at Fort Whiting.
Speaker 2 (08:03):
And then we have a couple more things after the Okay,
we'll mention after the break.
Speaker 1 (08:07):
Well, what's what's the next thing after the lunch? Is
there a veterans nap? There will be a veterans napping period.
Speaker 2 (08:14):
Well yeah, well I don't know, Okay, but then after
that as the paray to flags, and that'll be at
the Battleship Memorial Park in the Honors Pavilion, and then
uh kick it off and at the very end is great,
I don't want to say the end, but that's from
seven to nine at the they're at the Battleship Memorial Park.
At the Honors Pavilion as well is the annual Veterans
(08:36):
Day Concert and it's the Mobile Pops.
Speaker 1 (08:38):
Okay, we're gonna we're gonna pick up with that when
we come back. We're going to talk about that. I
know there's there's a special football game coming up as well.
We're going to get into all of that as we
continue with our guests. We have veterans in here on
the Uncle Henry Show. Let's take the break. The Uncle
(09:02):
Henry Show continues. I have guests Jen from the Mobile
Bay Area Veterans Commission, retired Colonel Phil Quigley, retired Colonel
Frank Weindling, and retired Major Gunnery Charge at Cynthia House,
talking about events for Veterans Day. We've heard about the
flag raising on Veterans Day morning, the parade in downtown
Mobile at ten am. We've heard about the lunch at
(09:23):
Fort Whiting, and you mentioned before we're going to break there.
There's a parade of flags, a parade of flags at
Battleship Memorial Park. Yes, all right, and then the concert.
Tell me about the concert that night.
Speaker 2 (09:36):
I'm going to let use the Mobile Pops person.
Speaker 3 (09:38):
Here, I am, But actually I do want to go
back to the Parade of Flags, because when we started
talking about the youth, this kind of falls right into that.
So the parate to Flag, it does feature the twenty
twenty five Distinguished Young Women of America. I'm not even
going to attempt her name, but she's a guest speaker, okay,
And she's talking to fourth grade students who will on
(10:00):
Veterans on the same day at that luncheon, and they've
done an essay contest, and so all of them are
going to be talking about what does Veterans Day mean
to you? And so that's a good sign of what
we were talking about earlier, as you know, about whether
or not these youth are involved, and that's part of that.
But there's no better way to end Veterans Day after
(10:20):
the morning the reason of the flag, to doing the parade,
the lunching, just hanging out with all of the other
veterans from veteran different groups, and to end that day
with the Mobile Pops. If you haven't seen one of
their concerts, this is the time to get out there
that instrumental music that from the day that page.
Speaker 2 (10:41):
The branch of the services.
Speaker 3 (10:43):
Well, okay, I thought they all did marine corpse stuff.
But you're right.
Speaker 2 (10:50):
I'm sorry for rival, but you know I am talking
to the twenty one Veteran of the year and first
and only female.
Speaker 3 (11:00):
Yeah, that is true, that is true.
Speaker 1 (11:02):
Congratulations on that, and we appreciate that.
Speaker 3 (11:04):
I appreciate that. But you could show me your appreciation
by showing up to the parade, go to the luncheon,
and then end up back at the battle house at
the battleship excuse me at to hear the mobile popper.
Speaker 2 (11:16):
But that doesn't end on the level.
Speaker 3 (11:18):
Okay, what you're right about the colonel, right about.
Speaker 2 (11:20):
That marine colonel. Okay, you've got a great event.
Speaker 4 (11:24):
The recognition continues twenty two November at Hancock Whitney Staium
out of the University South Alabama campus, where the university
and the football team will recognize and honor veterans and
military personnel that day. We've got a good lineup. We've
got a World War two veteran, Vietnam veterans, Global War
on terrorism and go for veterans that will bring on
(11:46):
the field and recognize as well as those ROTC cadets
bring those on field recognition.
Speaker 1 (11:52):
Okay, so that is November twenty second at Hancock Whitney
is you're going to do. That's appreciation of Veterans.
Speaker 4 (11:58):
That's correct. Time is tbd yet, so don't know the
exact time, but we'll be published. And the university is
offering for military personnel and all veterans. There's a link
that will be on the Commission's website that you can
go to and get up to two tickets for a
veteran and or military personnel. So coming out enjoy the game.
Should be a great game. University of Southern miss Golden
(12:20):
Eagles should be a should be a good battle.
Speaker 2 (12:23):
Okay, something else I want to add too, because I
didn't need the master gun resurgeant getting onto me here. Uh,
we do have tickets left, and I'll tell you Cynthia
talks highly about the type of meal we'll be preparing
for the luncheon, the honors luncheon. You can go to
Vetscommission dot Com Forward slash Honors DASH Luncheon. That's Vetscommission
(12:47):
dot Com Forward slash Honors dot a DASH luncheon and.
Speaker 3 (12:52):
You got to do it quickly because tickets are running out.
Speaker 1 (12:55):
But if I want information on all of this that
you've talked about this half hour with me, can I
go to Vetscommission dot com and it'll be on there
somewhere you can.
Speaker 3 (13:02):
And you can also go to the Mobile Chambers Veteran
Affairs page and all of this information would be there.
Speaker 1 (13:09):
So we've got just a couple of minutes left before
I'm completely out of time in this show. Well, I
know we have a tremendous veterans population on the Golf
coastin yes, can you use more veteran volunteers to be
involved in the stuff.
Speaker 2 (13:23):
You all are doing well? Always? You know there's so
many and Cynthia pointed this out on an earlier show,
there's so many veterans organizations here in Mobile, whether it's
the Legions, the Davs. I know, there's so many Marine
Corps leagues and you have one that's very special, Cynthia.
And I'm going to stop right here because there's others,
(13:44):
the South Alabama Veterans Council. Go ahead, Cynthia. This was
amazing to me that you were talking about.
Speaker 3 (13:52):
Earlier, right, and you know, we all all of Breen's
We love each other and we love our core, but
we were not all in vice in the same way.
So I'll just said like that. So we have an
organization that honors the legacy of the first African Americans
that joined the Marine Corps, and that is the National
monchpret Point Marine Association. We are the only chapter in
(14:13):
the state of Alabama right now, Okay, it's important to
note that, and so we are part of the community.
In fact, many of us are members of other groups.
I'm a part of the Marine Corps League and some
other women Marine Association and so forth. But it's this
one to my heart because were it not for them,
I could not have had a career.
Speaker 2 (14:29):
I think Frank has something that's so important that Frank
go ahead. I'm just gonna leave this.
Speaker 1 (14:35):
Okay, Well, I've got like less than a minute here, Okay,
I'll try to get through.
Speaker 4 (14:38):
I'm a big, big fan and proponent of history. Understanding history,
see you understand the purpose and why we do what
we do. So we celebrate Veterans Day in November eleventh
every year. Mark's the anniversary the Armistists that entered World
War One, you speak, called Armisists Day. But following World
War Two and Korea, a Birmingham, Alabama veteran named Raymond
Weeks led the effort to change the name to support
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and recognize all veterans. Eighteen fifty four, President Eisenhower signed
in the laws Veterans Day. Since seventeen seventy six, forty
two million Americans have worn the uniform. There are twenty
eight million veterans. They are still walking amongst us today.
Four hundred and fifty thousand proximately here in the state
of Alabama and Mobile and Balwin Counties. About forty to
forty five thousand veterans still still here on the Gulf Coast.
Speaker 1 (15:21):
All right, Hey, we're out of time. You can get
info at Vetchcommission dot com. Thank you all for coming in,
thank you for having us, and thank you for listening
to the Uncle Henry Show. As they say in Sarahland,
have a good one, and as they say in Theodore,
take it easy.
Speaker 4 (15:36):
All right.
Speaker 1 (15:37):
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This is the Uncle Henry Show here on News Radio
seventy ten WNTM. And in this segment of the show,
very proud to have some veterans in the studio with
me from the Mobile Bay Area of Veterans Commission. I've
got retired Colonel Phil Quigley, retired Colonel Frank Weindling, and
retired Master Gunnery Sergeant Cynthia House. Welcome to the show, everybody,
(00:40):
Thank you, thanks, it is great to have you all here.
Thank you all for your service. And you're here to
talk to me about Betroan's Day, right.
Speaker 2 (00:47):
Be sure it's approaching quick.
Speaker 1 (00:50):
It is approaching. It is a week from today. Let's
tell the listeners. What do you have going that is
going to be so great on Betroans Day.
Speaker 2 (00:57):
Well, i'll tell you the Tuesday, Love of November, which
is Veterans Day, Big Day. It kicks off with a
flag raising ceremony at seven am, so everyone needs to
be up early, be out at the Battleship Memorial Park.
It's at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. It's wonderful, it's awesome.
It's can be great to see the flag raising ceremony.
(01:20):
Then from there it's the annual Veterans Day Parade here
in the city of Mobile downtown at ten am, started
at Canal Work, its way to abroad Broad Street, Government
and on back to Fort Whiting.
Speaker 1 (01:35):
Okay, and now before now, before you keep talking about
these events, yeah, Veterans Day Parade. Are you all involved
in organizing the Veterans Day Parrade?
Speaker 2 (01:42):
Yes, yes, we are. I mean that's things that we
do part of the Mobile Babe, tell me about it.
Speaker 1 (01:48):
What's going to be in this parade?
Speaker 3 (01:50):
Cynthia, Please let me jump in and please Cynthia, she
does a good job out of it.
Speaker 1 (01:55):
I've been wondering. When the microphones are off, you're in charge.
But when the microphones are on.
Speaker 3 (02:00):
Okay, good, good, good. So everybody in Mobile needs to
know that Mobile, Alabama has been named a regional site
for the celebration of Veterans Day from the Department of
Veterans Affairs. Why is that a big deal? It's a
big deal because we are one of only about twenty
locations in America that have been officially recognized by the
(02:20):
government as such. That in itself is a big deal.
Part of that big deal, I guess, has to do
with the things that we do with the parade. For example,
if you don't do anything else, those of you who
are wondering what can we do to acknowledge our veterans,
get out there to that parade because you're gonna see veterans.
You'll see a few pieces of army equipment, and you
(02:41):
know that's gonna make you feel good. But it did.
I had to say army. I'm gonna call this stuff
not even equipment. But you see various veterans organizations, Marine Corpsleague,
the MANFA, Fartrina Association, DAV, all of these groups of
veterans who are getting together to do some things. And
we've got citizens, citizens and some of THEIRCIPIC groups that
(03:02):
are out there marching. I like to see the dance groups,
but when you see the ROTC, those cadets coming off
from the various schools, you just can't help but stand
up a little bit prouder, even more proud that they
have the little ones. I know that group is called
the LTC, so these would be your middle schoolers that
are also heading forward to do those ROTC kinds of things.
(03:23):
So that's pretty much what you're going to see in
the parade. And there's some judging going on. Okay, judging
going on, and I just thought about that. Yeah, so
they're being judged on the various things that military folks do.
But what I like about what I'm saying now is
just hitting me is the fact that the well, the
winner is it going to be announced with that luncheon.
Oh so tell me about the lunch right, head on
(03:46):
over to Fort White and it's overall for those of
you who don't know sixteen thirty South broad Street. We're
going to acknowledge the Patriot of the year, yes, and
we're going to acknowledge the better better than of the year.
And so those are some things you can start reading
a little bit more about war. Also going to acknowledge
number one, the winners of the parade, what I meaning
the ROTC side, And you're also going to acknowledge the
(04:09):
Cadets of the year, both from the University of South
Alabama will have one from the Air Force side of
the house, I believe, and from the Army side. That's
a big deal because many times today we're not even
realizing that our youth is even interested in this kind
of thing. So we have to acknowledge that in my
way of just saying, hey, you're on the right track.
Speaker 4 (04:27):
Now.
Speaker 3 (04:27):
The mill is going to be great, of course.
Speaker 1 (04:29):
Okay before I'm sorry to keep interrupting, But so the
youth of today are they interested in doing stuff like ROTC.
I've run into a lot of young people that seem
to be fired up about this country lately.
Speaker 3 (04:41):
They are, and they prove it. And I'll just say
that this is something that you want to actually see
in the parade. Well, you'll see a little bit of
it because when you see how they respond to the
commands as they're out there moving, when you look up
some of the schools individual and you see the records
that they hold because they're competing the whole time. And
so yeah, it's a part of it. And surprisingly enough
many of them actually move on and go to active service.
Speaker 1 (05:03):
Okay, all right, So it's going to be for me
as an American, it will be uplifting to see the
ROTC participating in all this because it means a continuity
of service in exactory exactly.
Speaker 2 (05:15):
And I want to add to Cynthia. She mentioned Veteran
of the Year and Patriot of the Year and this
year Colonel John Kilpatrick, he's the founder of the VET
recover and I know a lot of you know where
that is in Springhiald great organization. A marine and also
a colonel in the Army Reserves, and this is awesome too.
The Patriot of the Year is doctor Jack Hawkins Junior,
(05:39):
who is the chancellor at Troy University since nineteen eighty nine.
He also to a United States Marine, but he is
from Mobile. Okay, all right, So they'll be honored there
at the luncheon right since.
Speaker 3 (05:54):
It will be. And I think that's one of the
reasons this is a banner year for us. I'll tell
you I've been doing this lunching thing for a number
of years now and the numbers are up there. We've
got a lot of a tennis and people are really interested. Uh.
A lot of it it's because of who we have
for the patron and Better of the Year, But again
a lot of it too, it's because people are feeling
a bit more patriotic now. I can sense that and
feel that through almost everything we're doing.
Speaker 1 (06:16):
Is it is it as much patriotism as people feeling
like they need to serve that it's time to step up.
I'm seeing more people will step up a.
Speaker 2 (06:24):
Little bit about and Frank Corrict me if I'm wrong.
I believe now that I've read that we're on a
waiting list for the UH. I don't know if you
want to say youth or what age that are signing
up in the military or one to become a part
of the military now.
Speaker 4 (06:40):
So I think that you know, there are good signs
out there that all services, I believe are approaching or
making their mission. I know the Marine Corps makes your
mission every year. They've pride themselves on that. It's definitely
a definitely an unusual year. Something also to talk about
and to recognize. Twenty twenty five is especially there are
(07:00):
reason to specials because it celebrates the two hundred and
fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the United States Army,
United States Navy, and United States Marine Corps. So Army
celebrated in June, Navy celebrated in October, and the Marine
Corps celebrates here in six days on November tenth. So
looking forward to that date, it's always always a day
of celebration, recognition and remembering and also looking forward. And
(07:23):
that's kind of what this on what we're talking about
here today and bringing all the youth together in these
in these events and these activities, and when they hear
and they listen to veterans and people in the military
speak about their services, I think that's important that they
hear those experiences because I think that's what they want,
that's what they want to hear, that's what they want
(07:43):
to embolize. They they want to be a part of.
And so these kind of conversations are important.
Speaker 1 (07:48):
Okay, now we're now can you stick around for one
more segment because we have more things to talk about,
but we got about one minute left in this segment.
You've got the flag raising ceremony in the morning, You've
got the parade in the morning, You've got a lunch
there at Fort Whiting.
Speaker 2 (08:03):
And then we have a couple more things after the Okay,
we'll mention after the break.
Speaker 1 (08:07):
Well, what's what's the next thing after the lunch? Is
there a veterans nap? There will be a veterans napping period.
Speaker 2 (08:14):
Well yeah, well I don't know, Okay, but then after
that as the paray to flags, and that'll be at
the Battleship Memorial Park in the Honors Pavilion, and then
uh kick it off and at the very end is great,
I don't want to say the end, but that's from
seven to nine at the they're at the Battleship Memorial Park.
At the Honors Pavilion as well is the annual Veterans
(08:36):
Day Concert and it's the Mobile Pops.
Speaker 1 (08:38):
Okay, we're gonna we're gonna pick up with that when
we come back. We're going to talk about that. I
know there's there's a special football game coming up as well.
We're going to get into all of that as we
continue with our guests. We have veterans in here on
the Uncle Henry Show. Let's take the break. The Uncle
(09:02):
Henry Show continues. I have guests Jen from the Mobile
Bay Area Veterans Commission, retired Colonel Phil Quigley, retired Colonel
Frank Weindling, and retired Major Gunnery Charge at Cynthia House,
talking about events for Veterans Day. We've heard about the
flag raising on Veterans Day morning, the parade in downtown
Mobile at ten am. We've heard about the lunch at
(09:23):
Fort Whiting, and you mentioned before we're going to break there.
There's a parade of flags, a parade of flags at
Battleship Memorial Park. Yes, all right, and then the concert.
Tell me about the concert that night.
Speaker 2 (09:36):
I'm going to let use the Mobile Pops person.
Speaker 3 (09:38):
Here, I am, But actually I do want to go
back to the Parade of Flags, because when we started
talking about the youth, this kind of falls right into that.
So the parate to Flag, it does feature the twenty
twenty five Distinguished Young Women of America. I'm not even
going to attempt her name, but she's a guest speaker, okay,
And she's talking to fourth grade students who will on
(10:00):
Veterans on the same day at that luncheon, and they've
done an essay contest, and so all of them are
going to be talking about what does Veterans Day mean
to you? And so that's a good sign of what
we were talking about earlier, as you know, about whether
or not these youth are involved, and that's part of that.
But there's no better way to end Veterans Day after
(10:20):
the morning the reason of the flag, to doing the parade,
the lunching, just hanging out with all of the other
veterans from veteran different groups, and to end that day
with the Mobile Pops. If you haven't seen one of
their concerts, this is the time to get out there
that instrumental music that from the day that page.
Speaker 2 (10:41):
The branch of the services.
Speaker 3 (10:43):
Well, okay, I thought they all did marine corpse stuff.
But you're right.
Speaker 2 (10:50):
I'm sorry for rival, but you know I am talking
to the twenty one Veteran of the year and first
and only female.
Speaker 3 (11:00):
Yeah, that is true, that is true.
Speaker 1 (11:02):
Congratulations on that, and we appreciate that.
Speaker 3 (11:04):
I appreciate that. But you could show me your appreciation
by showing up to the parade, go to the luncheon,
and then end up back at the battle house at
the battleship excuse me at to hear the mobile popper.
Speaker 2 (11:16):
But that doesn't end on the level.
Speaker 3 (11:18):
Okay, what you're right about the colonel, right about.
Speaker 2 (11:20):
That marine colonel. Okay, you've got a great event.
Speaker 4 (11:24):
The recognition continues twenty two November at Hancock Whitney Staium
out of the University South Alabama campus, where the university
and the football team will recognize and honor veterans and
military personnel that day. We've got a good lineup. We've
got a World War two veteran, Vietnam veterans, Global War
on terrorism and go for veterans that will bring on
(11:46):
the field and recognize as well as those ROTC cadets
bring those on field recognition.
Speaker 1 (11:52):
Okay, so that is November twenty second at Hancock Whitney
is you're going to do. That's appreciation of Veterans.
Speaker 4 (11:58):
That's correct. Time is tbd yet, so don't know the
exact time, but we'll be published. And the university is
offering for military personnel and all veterans. There's a link
that will be on the Commission's website that you can
go to and get up to two tickets for a
veteran and or military personnel. So coming out enjoy the game.
Should be a great game. University of Southern miss Golden
(12:20):
Eagles should be a should be a good battle.
Speaker 2 (12:23):
Okay, something else I want to add too, because I
didn't need the master gun resurgeant getting onto me here. Uh,
we do have tickets left, and I'll tell you Cynthia
talks highly about the type of meal we'll be preparing
for the luncheon, the honors luncheon. You can go to
Vetscommission dot Com Forward slash Honors DASH Luncheon. That's Vetscommission
(12:47):
dot Com Forward slash Honors dot a DASH luncheon and.
Speaker 3 (12:52):
You got to do it quickly because tickets are running out.
Speaker 1 (12:55):
But if I want information on all of this that
you've talked about this half hour with me, can I
go to Vetscommission dot com and it'll be on there
somewhere you can.
Speaker 3 (13:02):
And you can also go to the Mobile Chambers Veteran
Affairs page and all of this information would be there.
Speaker 1 (13:09):
So we've got just a couple of minutes left before
I'm completely out of time in this show. Well, I
know we have a tremendous veterans population on the Golf
coastin yes, can you use more veteran volunteers to be
involved in the stuff.
Speaker 2 (13:23):
You all are doing well? Always? You know there's so
many and Cynthia pointed this out on an earlier show,
there's so many veterans organizations here in Mobile, whether it's
the Legions, the Davs. I know, there's so many Marine
Corps leagues and you have one that's very special, Cynthia.
And I'm going to stop right here because there's others,
(13:44):
the South Alabama Veterans Council. Go ahead, Cynthia. This was
amazing to me that you were talking about.
Speaker 3 (13:52):
Earlier, right, and you know, we all all of Breen's
We love each other and we love our core, but
we were not all in vice in the same way.
So I'll just said like that. So we have an
organization that honors the legacy of the first African Americans
that joined the Marine Corps, and that is the National
monchpret Point Marine Association. We are the only chapter in
(14:13):
the state of Alabama right now, Okay, it's important to
note that, and so we are part of the community.
In fact, many of us are members of other groups.
I'm a part of the Marine Corps League and some
other women Marine Association and so forth. But it's this
one to my heart because were it not for them,
I could not have had a career.
Speaker 2 (14:29):
I think Frank has something that's so important that Frank
go ahead. I'm just gonna leave this.
Speaker 1 (14:35):
Okay, Well, I've got like less than a minute here, Okay,
I'll try to get through.
Speaker 4 (14:38):
I'm a big, big fan and proponent of history. Understanding history,
see you understand the purpose and why we do what
we do. So we celebrate Veterans Day in November eleventh
every year. Mark's the anniversary the Armistists that entered World
War One, you speak, called Armisists Day. But following World
War Two and Korea, a Birmingham, Alabama veteran named Raymond
Weeks led the effort to change the name to support
(15:00):
and recognize all veterans. Eighteen fifty four, President Eisenhower signed
in the laws Veterans Day. Since seventeen seventy six, forty
two million Americans have worn the uniform. There are twenty
eight million veterans. They are still walking amongst us today.
Four hundred and fifty thousand proximately here in the state
of Alabama and Mobile and Balwin Counties. About forty to
forty five thousand veterans still still here on the Gulf Coast.
Speaker 1 (15:21):
All right, Hey, we're out of time. You can get
info at Vetchcommission dot com. Thank you all for coming in,
thank you for having us, and thank you for listening
to the Uncle Henry Show. As they say in Sarahland,
have a good one, and as they say in Theodore,
take it easy.
Speaker 4 (15:36):
All right.
Speaker 1 (15:37):
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