Photos of Veterans at Wind Crest

A veteran sits silently in prayer at the Veterans at Wind Crest site of the five insignia of the branches of the Armed Forces. and the POW-MIA flag flying below Old Glory.

Tom Brown, Captain, US Navy, receiving a Shadow Box representing
his service. The Box is being presented by Brig. General David Warner.

Pat and Dori Helms, with Pat having just received
his Quilt of Valor for Service to our country.
He is missed.

Otto Werner, having just received his
Quilt of Valor for his service during WWII
and for showing us how to live our lives.

Our first Veterans Day celebration in the Wind Crest A&E auditorium, on November 11, 2017.

Art Swick having a good time at our first
Veterans Day celebration, in 2017.

From left: Tom Puckett, Jack Liggett, Bob Lee, Cliff Butler and Norm
Walter, handling the preparations for the 2017 Veterans Day gathering.

Four members of the Highlands Ranch branch of the American Legion came to attend
our Veterans Day gathering.

The Missing Man table setting, at our first Veterans Day gathering,
November 11, 2017.

A Philadelphia Fire Department fire boat streams water
as the USS Lassen passes by at the start of the 250th anniversary
of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, Parade of Ships, as seen from
the Navy Yard, south Philadelphia, on Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025.
(With thanks to Wind Crest resident Gary Olinger, US Marines (Ret).
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