VFW honors its own

Friday, Nov. 13, 2009

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At right, Wilma Peak, junior vice president of the Department of Ladies Auxiliaries, recognizes the original charter members of the ladies auxiliary of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 10081 in Bel Alton during a Veterans Day memorial service Wednesday. The members are Marianna Albrittain, left, Mary K. Albrittain , Nancy Saunders, Mary Michael, sitting, and Betty Miller. Behind Michael is her son, Jerome Michael Jr.

Bottom right, Lt. Jim Kelly of the Charles County Sheriff's Office, a veteran who served in the U.S. Marine Corps, gives the address. Standing in the back are members of the Charles County Sheriff's Office Color Guard.

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