The C. L. Hoover Opera House served as the site for the Veterans Day observance in Junction City.

The guest speaker, Lieutenant Colonel Jesse Curry, told the audience that veterans are pillars of our community. He called them, “Heroes giving of themselves to serve others.”

Curry said, ” it’s humbling to even be associated,” with veterans.

His remarks were part of the program which included the presentation of Quilts of Valor to veterans Harold Carrington and Roy Taylor. The coordinator for the Quilts of Valor program Donna Martinson reported that since April 2015 there have been 210 Quilts of Valor made by a combined total of 89 quilters ranging in age from 8 to 91 years.

The observance also received a veterans photo tribute with footage from the war in Vietnam and photos of many of the recipients of a Quilt of a Valor in Geary County with their quilts.

There were also patriotic songs performed by the ‘Quittin Time Trio’ of Mary Louise Stahl, Bob Cervera, and Brian Clark.