Leelanau County veterans were feted Monday by more than 200 residents in a ceremony filled by patriotic music, prayer from a Glen Arbor pastor, and a call for change by VFW member and Vietnam War veteran Gene Kelly.
Kelly asked Americans on Veterans Day to “confess out loud” that the United States is good. He drew a comparison to eagles who soar above insolent smaller birds that seek to bother them.
“We are the best country in the world,” Kelly said. “Only by living the American attitude can we overcome outsiders causing conflict because we are united as Americans. We help each other to soar like eagles above the sniping.”
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