On Nov. 7, we celebrated Veterans Day at the New Merkel House in Cahaba Heights. This annual event recognizes the veterans in attendance and presents certificates for family members of deceased veterans.

On Nov. 10, we held our annual “Salute to Veterans” event at our new Civic Center. I would like to thank our sponsors, our city personnel and our speaker, Commissioner Jeff Newton of the Alabama Department of Veteran Affairs for another outstanding event.

As President Ronald Reagan reminded us, “Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was on

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