My Saturday morning

Posted on November 21, 2011 by Mike

I forgot to write a post this weekend about our Saturday morning. There’s a charity that builds houses for wounded veterans and they had one built by a developer in our community for Army Sgt. Joel Tavera. His “homecoming” was this weekend, complete with a flag-lined parade route, police/fire escort, and several members of Rolling Thunder. A big to-do, with some top brass present as well (no doubt due to the proximity of MacDill and JSOC, since Gen. McRaven was there). I didn’t know about it until Sat. morning when I saw the flags lining the street and asked my neighbor what was going on. Sgt. Tavera now lives about 1.5 miles from me.

Pix and the story are here:

Home for Sgt. Tavera

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    lmsinca, on November 21, 2011 at 9:11 pm said:

    Thanks for that story Mike. That poor guy and so many more just like him. It's nice when a plan comes together and they were able to honor him in such a fashion.

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    Michigoose, on November 21, 2011 at 9:48 pm said:

    What a great story, Mike–thanks very much for posting it!

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    Mark in Austin, on November 21, 2011 at 10:09 pm said:

    Mike, I hope the house works out for him. I hope this organization has a wide enough scope to make a difference for more disabled vets.

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