Blue Springs Society, C.A.R. Honors Veterans At November Meeting

Blue Springs Society Children of the American Revolution and Chipola Junior American Citizens Club honored our veterans at their November meeting. Members wrote prayers thanking God for veterans and their families.

The program about Honor Flight and the World War II Memorial in Washington, DC was given by the members. They had been asked at the October meeting to do research on Honor Flight and its founder Captain Earl Morse.

The senior president began the program with a quiz. Veterans Committee Chairman Dillon Melvin gave the most correct answers. The members had learned that the first Honor Flight was in May of 2005, just a year after the World War II Memorial was finally finished and dedicated. They were amazed to learn that the goal of Honor Flight for 2009 is to transport 25,000 veterans from across the U.S. to the World War II Memorial. In July 2009 the DAR presented Captain Morse with a Medal of Honor for “his lasting and unusual contribution to our national heritage as well as displaying the characteristics of leadership, trustworthiness, patriotism, and service.”

The group was divided for two different activities after the meeting. The peewees (ages 10 and under) made cards for our veterans with Hailey Harrison making the most cards. The older members did a clean up at Citizens Lodge Park and checked on the trees they planted to honor their patriot ancestors as part of the Chipola River Restoration Project in 2003.