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Honoring our Heroes & Veterans

HONORING OUR HEROES & VETERANS

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We salute: Sgt. Chris Forrester
NOV 27, 2014

Sgt. Chris Forrester

GreerToday.com invites the friends, families and public to thank our military heroes.

Thank you . . . 

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We salute: Chief Dan Reynolds
NOV 23, 2014

Dan Reynolds is Chief of the Greer Police Department. He was a captain in the U.S. Army.  

Chief Dan Reynolds

Greer Police Department

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We salute Randle Ballenger
NOV 22, 2014

Randle Ballenger

Army National Guard

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DAR Chapter recognizes research of vets buried at 4 Greer cemeteries
NOV 11, 2014

The Joyce Scott Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution met Tuesday at Mountain View Cemetery in recognition of Veterans Day.     

The Joyce Scott Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution met Tuesday in recognition of Veterans Day. 

They met at Mountain View Cemetery  to recognize the completion of one of their major projects: researching veterans buried at four Greer cemeteries.

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Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System salutes 240 vets
NOV 11, 2014

Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System executives show their appreciation by serving lunch on Veterans Day to employees who served in the military. The executives, from left, are Mary Jane Jennings, Vice President for System Quality; Harold Moore, Chief Information Officer and Vice President; Phil Feisal, President of Spartanburg Medical Center; Lori Winkles, Vice President of Professional Services; and Anthony Kouskolekas, President of Pelham Medical Center.        SRHSVeteransDayEvent3   Mark Aycock, Chief Operating Officer of Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System, serves cake on Veterans Day to employees who served in the military.     SRHSVeteransDayEvent5   Each veteran received a commemorative Challenge Coin.  

Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System (SRHS) celebrated Veterans Day by saluting 240 of its associates, volunteers and contractors who are veterans.

“On Veterans Day, I remember everybody that came before us and fought for us,” said Donnell Wilkins, Patient Care Associate who is retired from the Air Force. “It’s good to see veterans being recognized and continuously being recognized.”

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Vets get old-fashioned gift bag at Greer State Bank branches
NOV 11, 2014

Linda Rorie presents a gift bag to veteran James

Greer State Bank employees, in honor of Veterans Day, prepared and distributed 160 gift bags for veterans.

Each gift bag contained a MoonPie, RC Cola, a box of Cracker Jack and a personalized hand-written note of thanks 

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Historic flag unfurled at City Hall to honor Veterans Day
NOV 11, 2014

Rose Marie Jordan Cooper helps unfold the U.S. flag that flew over Brittany America Cemetery in St. James, France during World War II.  

A flag never before flown on American soil was unfurled and raised this morning in honor of Veterans Day at Greer City Hall.

Rose Marie Cooper Jordan, a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, loaned the flag that was flown over Brittany America Cemetery in St. James, France during World War II.

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Scouts place flags on veterans' gravesites
NOV 10, 2014

Stephen Paul Field, Sr., committee chairman for Boy Scouts Troop 107, and his wife, Rachel, search for veterans gravesites at Mountain View Cemetery. • On the home page: Nickolas Charles locates a veteran's gravesite.    

• Meals, car washes, discounts to vets

• Flag honors WWII soldier

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Free meals, car washes, discounts to vets, active military on Veterans Day
NOV 9, 2014

Restaurants, car washes, grocery stores and merchants are offering free meals to discounts to all veterans and active duty U.S. military and service personnel on Veterans Day this Tuesday.  

Veterans Day will find many local and national restaurants, grocery stores, car washes and businesses offering free meals and discounts to veterans and active duty military in appreciation for their service.

Offers may include:

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Native son Sgt. Nathan Jordan to be remembered on Veterans Day
NOV 7, 2014

Sgt. Nathan Jordan will be remembered on Veterans Day (Tuesday, Nov. 11) when the flag that flew during his burial at Brittany American Cemetery in St. James, France will be flown at City Hall.    

• Honoring Sgt. Nathan Jordan

The flag that flew during Sgt. Nathan Jordan’s burial at Brittany American Cemetery in St. James, France will be flown Nov. 11 at Greer City Hall. The city website will feature a special section that day on Sgt. Jordan, a 1937 graduate of Greer High School and one of three brothers who served during the war.

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