Marathon’s patriotic celebrations for Veterans Day began with the city’s youngsters on Nov. 8, as Stanley Switlik Elementary presented its Red, White and Blue Day. Hosted by fifth-graders Ryan Bryk and Daniel Gomez, music teacher Allison Sayer led each of Switlik’s classes through a program of classic USA tunes and an address by Coast Guard Master Chief Cory Palmer. As has become tradition, the morning closed with a sea of little ones waving Old Glory as trop rocker John Bartus sang “God Bless the USA.”
Monday belonged to the vets themselves, as Marathon’s American Legion Post 154 put on its annual procession down U.S. 1 to celebrate those who protect our freedoms in the armed forces.
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