Snapshot: Hoosier Village honors veterans with ceremony
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Veterans received medals and flags. Ron Harris, right, adjusts the medal on 97-year-old Thomas Drew Smith, left, a World War II veteran and the oldest living veteran at Hoosier Village.
Veterans received medals and flags from members of cub scout pack 358 and boy scout troop 358.
Fifteen veterans were honored Nov. 7 at a ceremony at Hoosier Village Retirement Center. The event included a ceremony inside the Hoosier Village chapel and a visit to the Veterans Garden, where the veterans’ names, branch of service and years served are inscribed on bricks. (Photos by Benjamin Stout)
Jill Heinzen holds a microphone for her children Sarah and Matthew as they sing a song saluting veterans and their great-grandfather Thomas Drew Smith. At age 97, Smith is the oldest resident of Hoosier Village.
Veterans received medals and flags. Ron Harris, right, adjusts the medal on 97-year-old Thomas Drew Smith, left, a World War II veteran and the oldest living veteran at Hoosier Village.
Thomas Drew Smith, 97 and a World War II Veteran, became the 200th resident commemorated in the Hoosier Village Veterans Garden.
A flag waves at the Hoosier Village Veterans Garden, where veterans’ names, branch of service and years served are inscribed on bricks.
