PROPOSED LANCASTER VETS HOME GETS $12,000 FUNDS RAISED BY ORGANIZERS OF NOVEMBER PARADE.Byline: KAREN MAESHIRO Staff Writer QUARTZ HILL -- As promised, organizers of a parade to welcome home Vietnam veterans This article is about the French band. For veterans of the Vietnam War, see Vietnam veteran. The Vietnam Veterans were a six-person French psychedelic group that released six records in the 1980s. The band was praised by many alternative music publications. donated nearly $12,000 Monday to the planned veterans' home in Lancaster at 30th Street West and Avenue I. Groundbreaking for the home, to be named after the late state Sen. William J. "Pete" Knight, will be in June, with completion expected by the end of the year. "It's been a long time coming," said Tom Craft, chairman of the Lancaster Veterans Home Citizens Committee and a retired Navy captain wearing his "dress whites Noun 1. dress whites - a dress uniform for formal occasions dress blues dress uniform - a military uniform worn on formal occasions plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one " for the occasion. "I was taught as a youngster that anything worthwhile is worth working for. Eventually everything will turn out all right." About 2,000 veterans marched and rode in November down Lancaster Boulevard in the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley Operation Welcome Home Parade to belatedly be·lat·ed adj. Having been delayed; done or sent too late: a belated birthday card. [be- + lated. honor those who served in Vietnam. There were about 5,000 spectators. Vietnam War veterans Australia
Plans for the local parade were inspired by the national Welcome Home parade held Veterans Day 2005 in Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. . Local Vietnam veterans and parade co-chairmen Gary Chapman Gary Chapman may refer to:
Local parade organizers had promised to give any money left over from the event to the veterans home. A check for $11,889, money donated by parade sponsors, was presented to Craft by Cliff Barth, commander of Quartz Hill Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3000, which co-sponsored the parade. The money will go into a fund to provide veterans-home residents with things like vehicles to go on trips, televisions, radios and entertainment. A painting of a soldier praying, done on the day of the parade by artist Myron Mielke, was donated to the home by the artist. Also donated was a Navajo Nations Warriors Code Talkers banner that was carried in the parade. Craft, who served during the Korean War Korean War, conflict between Communist and non-Communist forces in Korea from June 25, 1950, to July 27, 1953. At the end of World War II, Korea was divided at the 38th parallel into Soviet (North Korean) and U.S. (South Korean) zones of occupation. , said riding in the parade was a privilege. "Riding in that parade in uniform with other vets, to ride down Lancaster Boulevard and see all the people, grownups and children, brings tears to my eyes. We know this community loves its veterans," said Craft, 75. karen.maeshiro@dailynews.com (661) 267-5744 |
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