John Hennen Military Funeral and Tribute
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Commander Buford Turner of the American Legion Post 208
submitted this poem in Support of Our Troops.

Mary Had A Little Lamb

Mary had a little lamb his fleece was white as snow
 And everywhere that Mary went the lamb was sure to go

 He followed her to school each day twasn’t even in the rule
 He made the children laugh and play to have a lamb at school

 And then the rules all changed one day illegal it became
 To bring the Lamb of God to school or even speak his name

 Everyday got worse and worse and days turned into years
 Instead of hearing children laugh we heard sounds of guns and tears

 What must we do to stop the crime that’s in our schools today?
Let’s let the lamb come back to school and teach our kids to pray!

( Author Unknown)
 

Here the American Legion presents new flags to the Mayor and Fire Chief. How great since it was Flag Day. Those in the picture below are Commander Buford Turner, mayor David Riggins, Public Works Superintendent Terry Vice, Fire Chief Jerry Merchant, Fred Dayley and Lawernce Buxbaum.

Our 2005 Christmas Parade had a great showing of active military, hurricane relief soldiers and national guard troops on hand to be honored and cheered. 
THANK YOU U.S TROOPS FOR OUTSTANDING SUPPORT!

L to R front row Allen Malone, Buford Turner, LawerenceBuxbaum, Back row Bill Newman, Chief of Police Billy Vice, Officer Jason Mcgee, State Represented Ronnie Johns, Senator James David Cain, Fred Dayley and Mayor David Riggins.

These are pictures from the newly renamed stretch of highway formerly called Hwy 90 now recently renamed Veterans Memorial Highway. The American Legion Post 208 and The VFW Post 9854 Veterans of War asked Mayor David Riggins what they could do to accomplish this. Mayor Riggins contacted Senator James David Cain and Representative Ronnie Johns and as a combined effort they were able to accomplish this memorial for the Veterans in our community.

Unveiling of new Veteran’s Memorial Highway sign

We support our home town area armed service personnel
where ever they may be stationed and
thank them for their service to our country.

We pray they remain safe and
will return to Vinton as
quickly as their tour of duty permits. 

We stand ready to welcome
each one of them personally home.

Please send us your service pictures and notes
for display here to Becky Johnson, webmaster@cityofvinton.com