HCC HOSTS VETERANS DAY COMMEMORATION

REESE BAILEY

            OFFICIALS AT HOPKINSVILLE COMMUNITY COLLEGE HOSTED THEIR FIRST OF WHAT WILL BE AN ANNUAL VETERANS DAY COMMEMORATION EVENT THIS MORNING ON CAMPUS.

            THE EVENT WAS HELD IN THE AUDITORIUM BUILDING, WITH AGENCIES WHO PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL AND CAREER SERVICES ALSO SETTING UP BOOTHS IN THE LOBBY.

            THE FEATURED SPEAKER WAS MILITARY VETERAN AND HCC LIBRARY ACADEMICS DIRECTOR REESE BAILEY, WHO SPOKE ON HIS UPBRINGING IN POVERTY ON A FARM AND HOW EDUCATION AND SERVICE TO THE COUNTRY HELPED HIM OVERCOME HIS CIRCUMSTANCES.

            BAILEY SAYS THE FAMILIES OF SERVICE MEMBERS ARE OFTEN OVERLOOKED IN THEIR SACRIFICES, WHICH SHOULDN’T BE THE CASE GIVEN THEIR ENORMOUS DUTY TO PROVIDE SUPPORT.

            TRAINING IN THE ARMY PREPARES THAT SERVICE MEMBER FOR ANYTHING THAT HE OR SHE CAN FACE IN CIVILIAN LIFE, SAYS BAILEY, AS THOSE MEN AND WOMEN ARE PREPARING FOR WAR.

            BAILEY HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN LIFE DESPITE COMING INTO CONTACT WITH ADVERSITY FROM TIME TO TIME, AND SAYS OTHERS CAN DO THE SAME WITH HARD WORK AND DETERMINATION.

            TOMORROW IS VETERANS DAY AND THE LOCAL VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS COMMEMORATION WILL BE AT THE POST OFF SKYLINE DRIVE AT 11AM.

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