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November 7, 2012

Thank you, veterans

Anonymous The Kokomo Tribune Wed Nov 07, 2012, 12:15 AM EST

Kokomo — THE ISSUE: Howard County’s annual Military Appreciation Days observance.

OUR VIEW: We join more than 60 local businesses in saluting our family members and neighbors who served in the U.S. military.

On Sunday — Nov. 11 — America will honor its military veterans, past and present. The tradition started in 1919.

President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed Nov. 11 a day of “solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country’s service and with gratitude for the victory” in World War I.

This past Saturday, Kokomo and Howard County started observing Military Appreciation Days through Nov. 12. Recently retired Howard County Veteran Services officer Bob Ladd once said it’s the only celebration of its kind in the state.

Military Appreciation Days is the brainchild of Rick Riddle, the one-time manager of Kokomo’s Golden Corral restaurant, who just relocated to Evansville. The restaurant chain began serving free meals to veterans 11 years ago. It will again from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Nov. 12. It’s called Military Appreciation Monday.

The Kokomo Golden Corral served 1,600 free meals to veterans four years ago, and neighboring Half Moon Restaurant and Brewery joined in the observance.

That’s when Riddle decided he could help make the observance even bigger.

This week, more than 60 Howard County businesses – from restaurants, auto dealers and photography studios to jewelers and hairstylists – will offer discounts for veterans. Last year, 70 businesses participated.

About 8,000 Howard County residents are military veterans, according to the local Disabled American Veterans chapter. We join the Golden Corral, Half Moon Restaurant and Brewery and the other participating businesses in thanking our family members and neighbors who served in the U.S. military.

Thank you, each and every one, for stepping forward and saying, “I’ll go.”

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