(ROCKWALL COUNTY, TX – October 25, 2015) The Rockwall County Veterans Day Celebration will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday, November 11 at the Rockwall High School Performing Arts Center on the Utley campus, 1201 T.L. Townsend Drive, just north of the Wilkerson-Sanders Memorial Stadium. Major General Gary Bunch, US Army (Retired) leading the planning […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – September 27, 2015) A Rockwall County Veterans Day Celebration is set for 7 p.m. Wednesday, November 11 at the Rockwall High School Performing Arts Center on the Utley campus, 1201 T.L. Townsend Drive, just north of the Wilkerson-Sanders Memorial Stadium. Major General Gary Bunch, US Army (Retired) leading the planning has announced […]
ROCKWALL, TX (November 13, 2014) It was a cold and windy Tuesday but that did not stop a group of local veterans from marching in memory and honor of fellow military veterans this Veteran’s Day. Patrick Wolfe and Dusty Sluder organized what in the military is referred to as a “ruck march” to show their […]
ROCKWALL COUNTY, TX (November 12, 2014) Red, white and blue star-spangled banners waved freely throughout the community in what turned out to be a day full of patriotic events to honor our country’s veterans on Veterans Day 2014. On a very cold Tuesday Veterans Day morning, Rest Haven Funeral Homes and The Flower Box set […]
ROCKWALL/HEATH, TX (November 11, 2014) Students, teachers, staff and family of Amy Parks Heath Elementary are proud to be Mariners, but they are even more proud to be AMERICANS! Today the APHE Mariners ate in the “Mess Hall,” survived “Boot Camp” and wrote letters to service men and women past and present. They felt the […]
ROCKWALL (November 8, 2013) Military veterans and active military personnel can adopt a companion animal for only $11 as part of a Veterans Day celebration by Rockwall Pets. The Rockwall-based nonprofit will be adopting adult dogs and cats at a special rate to anyone with a military ID at the Rockwall Petco on November 9-10. The Veterans […]
Rest Haven and The Flower Box to host Veteran’s Day old-fashioned USO Canteen (ROCKWALL – October 24, 2013) On Monday, November 11th, from 7 to 9 a.m., Ted Cain’s Used Car Lot on Rockwall’s Historic Downtown Square will be transformed into an old-fashioned USO Canteen with festive decorations, music and refreshments. All local veterans, along with […]
(Rockwall ISD – November 9, 2012) Utley Middle School students hosted the third annual Veteran’s Day Program today, in honor of the men and women who selflessly serve or who have served our country. The assembly took place at the Rockwall High School Performing Arts Center where the UMS band, UMS Chorale, and the UMS Symphonic […]
Rebuilding Together Dallas unveils veteran’s newly restored home (Dallas) November 7, 2012 – Rebuilding Together Greater Dallas, a nonprofit organization working to preserve affordable homeownership, along with its sponsors, presented a local veteran with the keys to her newly restored home today. Rebuilding Together Greater Dallas received the home from Wells Fargo and through the […]
Lewisville Lake Symphony will pay tribute to Veterans Day and to the men and women who have served in the U. S. Armed Forces with two performances of “Veteran’s Tribute” on Friday, Nov. 11, and Sunday, Nov. 13, at Medical Center of Lewisville Grand Theater. Tickets are $25 for adults on Friday, $20 for adults […]