The Walter E. Cole American Legion Post 187 will celebrate Veterans’ Day with a community ceremony at the Wake Forest Veterans Memorial located on the grounds of the Heritage Golf Club at 11 a.m. Monday, Nov. 12.
To reach the memorial, turn off Rogers Road onto Heritage Club Avenue, and the memorial will be on your right next to the club. There is ample parking.
Rich Heroux, a veteran and member of the American Legion Post, wrote, “As our nation honors the over 23 million living veterans from the Greatest Generation to the Latest Generation, let us never forget the awesome debt of their endeavors. No government commission or single dollar amount can adequately re-pay what has been given by all during our nation’s history through their blood, service and sacrifice. Please join the Wake Forest community and veterans as we honor and respect these gallant and brave warriors.”
He also said the change from Nov. 11, the anniversary of the World War I armistice, to Nov. 12 is because the people he spoke to wanted to go to church on Sunday. “They would like to have the ceremony held on the federal holiday instead of the Sunday.”
