A big thank you
To the editor:
As a participant in last week’s Veterans Day parade I would like to thank Linda and Bob Biondi for organizing such a fine parade.
As a member of the silent service we are not use to people standing and applauding when we walk by. Every year our submarine veteran organization collects more than 1,000 worn and torn American flags. In the past we have been burning them at festival park which has been time-consuming and possibly dangerous.
This year, Tim Hauck of Metz funeral home graciously volunteered to dispose of our flags in his crematory. Thank you, Tim. We will continue to retire one symbolic flag at the end of the Veterans Day parade. I would like to thank everyone for remembering the veterans.
Lou Simmons
Base commander
US Submarine Veterans
Barb Base, Cape Coral