The names of 129 local veterans who died during the past year were read during the Veterans Day ceremony held Thursday at the Burton Woolery American Legion Post 18 in Bloomington. Bill Born read the names as Raymond Krebbs rang a bell for each veteran.
Born told Bloomington in the past 12 years the list of names was one of the longest. The list is for veterans who have passed away since November of the previous year.
Two World War II veterans attended the ceremony, but two rows of chairs for WWII and Korean War veterans were mostly empty.
At the end of the bell ceremony, a cold rain began, and the Honor Guard fired a gun salute at 11:11 a.m., which marks the time on November 11th, 1918 when WWI ended. Veterans Day was originally called Armistice Day.
WWI was supposed to be the war to end all wars. Eight to 10 million died in WWI.
BLOOMINGTON, UNITED STATES – 2021/11/11: Members of the honor guard raise the American flag after a Veterans Day Ceremony held at the Burton Woolery American Legion Post 18, Thursday, November 11, 2021 in Bloomington, Ind. (Photo by Jeremy Hogan/The Bloomingtonian) BLOOMINGTON, UNITED STATES – 2021/11/11: The Honor Guard fires rifles during a gun salute as part of the Veterans Day Ceremony held at the Burton Woolery American Legion Post 18, Thursday, November 11, 2021 in Bloomington, Ind. (Photo by Jeremy Hogan/The Bloomingtonian) BLOOMINGTON, UNITED STATES – 2021/11/11: A member of the Honor Guard waits to play taps during the gun salute as a Veterans Day Ceremony is held at the Burton Woolery American Legion Post 18, Thursday, November 11, 2021 in Bloomington, Ind. (Photo by Jeremy Hogan/The Bloomingtonian) BLOOMINGTON, UNITED STATES – 2021/11/11: Kyndellin Splitter, a Second Lieutenant in the Space Corps, is greeted after the Veterans Day Ceremony at the Burton Woolery American Legion Post 18, Thursday, November 11, 2021 in Bloomington, Ind. (Photo by Jeremy Hogan/The Bloomingtonian) BLOOMINGTON, UNITED STATES – 2021/11/11: World War II veteran and former prisoner of war Charles Lewis is greeted during the Veterans Day Ceremony is held at the Burton Woolery American Legion Post 18, Thursday, November 11, 2021 in Bloomington, Ind. During WWII Lewis served with the 513th Parachute Infantry Regiment and was taken as a POW, then served with the 5th Regimental Combat Team during the Korean War, and the 7th Special Forces Group during the Vietnam War. (Photo by Jeremy Hogan/The Bloomingtonian) BLOOMINGTON, UNITED STATES – 2021/11/11: World War II veteran and former prisoner of war Charles Lewis is greeted during the Veterans Day Ceremony is held at the Burton Woolery American Legion Post 18, Thursday, November 11, 2021 in Bloomington, Ind. During WWII Lewis served with the 513th Parachute Infantry Regiment and was taken as a POW, then served with the 5th Regimental Combat Team during the Korean War, and the 7th Special Forces Group during the Vietnam War. (Photo by Jeremy Hogan/The Bloomingtonian) BLOOMINGTON, UNITED STATES – 2021/11/11: World War II veteran Herbert Ray, who served on the USS YMS 17 with the US Navy in the Philippines in 1945 stands in a nearly empty section for WWII and Korean War veterans during a Veterans Day Ceremony at the Burton Woolery American Legion Post 18, Thursday, November 11, 2021 in Bloomington, Ind. The names of 129 local veterans who have died since November 2020 were read during the ceremony. (Photo by Jeremy Hogan/The Bloomingtonian) BLOOMINGTON, UNITED STATES – 2021/11/11: Wreath presentations take place during the Veterans Day Ceremony at the Burton Woolery American Legion Post 18, Thursday, November 11, 2021 in Bloomington, Ind. (Photo by Jeremy Hogan/The Bloomingtonian) BLOOMINGTON, UNITED STATES – 2021/11/11: Community members and veterans listen as the names of 129 local veterans who died in the past year are read during a Veterans Day Ceremony held at the Burton Woolery American Legion Post 18, Thursday, November 11, 2021 in Bloomington, Ind. (Photo by Jeremy Hogan/The Bloomingtonian) BLOOMINGTON, UNITED STATES – 2021/11/11: The names of 129 local veterans who died in the past year are read during a Veterans Day Ceremony held at the Burton Woolery American Legion Post 18, Thursday, November 11, 2021 in Bloomington, Ind. (Photo by Jeremy Hogan/The Bloomingtonian) BLOOMINGTON, UNITED STATES – 2021/11/11: A poppy is placed on a veteran before the Veterans Day Ceremony is held at the Burton Woolery American Legion Post 18, Thursday, November 11, 2021 in Bloomington, Ind. (Photo by Jeremy Hogan/The Bloomingtonian) BLOOMINGTON, UNITED STATES – 2021/11/11: Members of the honor guard place the American flag at half mast before a Veterans Day Ceremony is held at the Burton Woolery American Legion Post 18, Thursday, November 11, 2021 in Bloomington, Ind. (Photo by Jeremy Hogan/The Bloomingtonian) BLOOMINGTON, UNITED STATES – 2021/11/11: Members of the Honor Guard stand in the rain during the Veterans Day Ceremony held at the Burton Woolery American Legion Post 18, Thursday, November 11, 2021 in Bloomington, Ind. (Photo by Jeremy Hogan/The Bloomingtonian)
