The traveling Wreaths Across America mobile education exhibit made a stop Thursday on the Shelbyville square. Exhibits honoring America’s fallen soldiers were on display, and veterans visiting …
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Wreaths Across America exhibit visits Shelbyville
An empty chair commemorates prisoners of war and soldiers missing in action.
T-G Photos by David Melson
Sheriff Austin Swing, right front, visits with organizers after touring the exhibit.
One of the exhibits urges readers to honor war dead and surviving soldiers.
Gary Leverette, a local Vietnam veteran, was surprised with several honors as he visited the exhibit. Andy Tatum of Wreaths Across America presents Leverette a sdpecial pin awarded to visiting veterans and thanks him for his service. “We weren’t always thanked when we returned from Vietnam,” Leverette remarked.
Leverette receives a cap and several other items from Deborah Kellogg, a Wreaths Across America driver/ambassador from Maine. Long-haul truck drivers volunteer their time to drive the large exhibit trailer around the nation.
Leverette adds his name to those of other veterans who have visited the exhibit.
The traveling Wreaths Across America mobile education exhibit made a stop Thursday on the Shelbyville square. Exhibits honoring America’s fallen soldiers were on display, and veterans visiting the exhibit were especially honored. The group lays wreaths on veterans’ graves in Bedford County each holiday season.
