2006: MAYOR'S PATRIOTIC COMMITTEE

BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THERE ARE STILL MANY OF US WHO GET GOOSE BUMPS AND A TEAR IN OUR EYE AS WE WATCH "OLD GLORY" PASS IN REVIEW, LED BY A BAND PLAYING SOUSA'S "STARS AND STRIPES FOREVER." THE MEN WHO ARE KEEPING THAT PATRIOTISM ALIVE AND WELL RESIDE RIGHT HERE IN THE HAMILTON-MERCER AREA. THE ABOVE PHOTOS WERE TAKEN ON THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF THE "MAYOR'S PATRIOTIC COMMITTEE," AN ORGANIZATION FOUNDED DURING THE ADMINISTRATION OF MAYOR JACK RAFFERTY. TODAY, MAYOR GILMORE'S ADMINISTRATION CONTINUES IN SUPPORTING THIS INCREDIBLE GROUP OF LOCAL VETERANS. IF YOU ARE A VETERAN, THE PATRIOTIC COMMITTEE CORDIALLY INVITES YOU TO JOIN THIS SPECIAL GROUP WHICH IS DEDICATED TO THE PATRIOTIC HERITAGE OF AMERICA.

HAMILTON'S SEPTEMBER 11TH MEMORIAL SERVICE

MANY YEARS AGO, MY MOTHER TOLD ME THAT I "WEAR MY HEART ON MY SLEEVE." IN RETROSPECT, SHE WAS QUITE PERCEPTIVE. I GET QUITE EMOTIONAL AT WEDDINGS, GRADUATIONS, FIRST COMMUNIONS, AND ANYTHING WITH A PATRIOTIC THEME. I ATTENDED HAMILTON TOWNSHIP'S SEPTEMBER 11TH MEMORIAL SERVICE TODAY, AND HAD A DIFFICULT TIME CONTROLLING MY EMOTIONS. I DARE SAY I WAS NOT ALONE. IT WAS A MOVING EXPERIENCE WHICH WILL LONG BE REMEMBERED. FOLLOWING ARE A FEW PHOTOS I TOOK OF THE SERVICE.

The Mayor's Patriotic Committee

These veterans from the Mayor's Patriotic Committee, to whom we owe a debt of gratitude, had a place of honor at the somber and moving September 11, 2006 Memorial Service at Veterans' Park in Hamilton.

Ms.Sue Proulx's Hamilton High West "Select Choir"

As is the tradition at Hamilton High West, and at the former Hamilton High School, the vocal music department excels in performing music which can only be descibed as "ethereal." "America The Beautiful" as performed by

Ms. Sue Proulx's Select Chorus touched the hearts of the complete assembly.

Indeed, it brought me, and many others to tearful reflection.

Hamilton's September 11, 2006 Memorial Service

Mayor Glen Gilmore Speaks September 11th Memorial Service

Mayor Gilmore addresses the assembly at the very emotional Memorial Service held at Veterans' Park on September 11, 2006

Veteran's Park September 11th Memorial

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