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| Paola should be proud of its war veteran reputation |
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| Wednesday, 21 July 2010 08:00 | |||
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Miami County has a reputation for having a strong presence of war veterans, and it once again proved true over the weekend. Veterans from across Kansas, who are members of the Forty & Eight, gathered in Paola on Saturday for a state meeting of the organization. Paola residents should be honored the group chose to meet here, considering the closest Forty & Eight voiture is located in Johnson County. Thanks to the efforts of Paola veterans like Carl Gregg, who is the Chef de Gare of Voiture 1510 out of Johnson County, the group decided Paola would be the best place for their state meeting. National Forty & Eight member Preston Olson told his fellow members Saturday that Miami County has a strong presence of veterans, and he hopes Gregg soon will be joined in the organization by several other Miami County war heroes. He even said Paola may someday get its own voiture. The meeting was held at the American Legion, where outside in the parking lot bikers were showing off their rides during a motorcycle show. Many of the bikers were veterans themselves, and several of the motorcycles had patriotic emblems or messages on them. The car show on the Square later in the afternoon was no different, as many of the vehicles were owned by veterans or featured patriotic emblems. Paola should be proud of its veteran presence, and local residents need to continue to support American Legion and VFW events, as well as the Miami County Veterans Memorial, to ensure that the community’s pro-military reputation only gets stronger.
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