Northport’s Memorial Day Service was relocated indoors at Northport Public School’s auditorium due to heavy rain on Monday, but despite the lastminute change of venue, the service carried on largely as planned, event organizer and Leelanau Township Supervisor Mike McMillan reported.
The guest speaker was Jim White, a U.S. Army veteran living in Suttons Bay. He recounted graduating from the U.S. Military Academy West Point in 1980, as part of the academy’s first graduating class to include women.
White referred to 1980 as the “year of the lady” for this reason, adding that “this was back when we thought we knew what a lady was.”
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