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DELPHOS — Approximately 75-100 patriotic residents braved 18 mph winds and temperatures in the high 40s Wednesday to honor our nation’s most courageous.
A brief Veterans Day service was hosted by the Delphos Veterans Council at Veterans Memorial Park.
After a prayer that expressed concern for those at Fort Hood in the wake of a recent shooting spree, American Legion Post Commander Keith Hall spoke briefly about President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s pride of having served. He also paid tribute to those whose service ended prematurely.
“The veterans assembled here today made it home but others are not able to attend. They are deceased, disabled, home-bound or were taken captive as prisoners of war or were killed in action,” he said.
American Legion Post Auxiliary President Sharron Miller and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post Auxiliary President Kathy Hughes also paid tribute. Hughes poetically described the hypothetical drill instructor who never saw combat but saved lives by adequately preparing recruits for war. She said one cannot identify a veteran by his or her appearance, noting the one who bags groceries in his elder years may have once liberated those held captive in Nazi concentration camps.
Veterans of Foreign Wars District 2 Commander Dave Mahlie honored the fallen at Fort Hood. He also said the nation will always need a military.
“Veterans Day will never end even after we are long gone. So this will always be our day,” he said.
President Barack Obama had ordered flags to fly at half-staff because of the Fort Hood tragedy. Those which wave above the local memorial were raised to their peak during the service to “show our pride,” Mahlie said.
After each military branch anthem was played, a brick was placed for World War II veteran William Lauf, whose family purchased it in time for the service. A 21-gun salute followed with Taps played by Doug Harter.
Rick Schuck thanked those in attendance.
“We thank everybody for coming today. This is why the memorial was built and it’s great to have such a good turnout,” he said.
The Veterans Day service began at 11 a.m. to commemorate the armistice signed between the Allies of World War I and Germany at 11 a.m. on Nov. 11, 1918.
The treaty is remembered in most nations as Armistice Day. It is known as Remembrance Day in Canada and Veterans Day in the U.S.
President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed an Armistice Day in 1919. Congress made it an annual federal holiday in 1935 and Eisenhower replaced it with Veterans Day in 1954.
Its inaugural was on Oct. 25, 1971. The holiday continued to be celebrated on that date until President Gerald R. Ford returned it to Nov. 11 in 1978.

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