Veterans honored in Fortuna event on Monday

Garrettford students honor veterans

Each year Garrettford Elementary School invites veterans from the Marine Corps League to assist first-graders with planting flags in front of the school in honor of Veterans Day. Each year Garrettford Elementary School invites veterans from the Marine Corps League to assist first graders with planting flags in front of the school in honor of Veterans Day.On Monday, each of the 100 first-grade students in the school helped planted the 570 flags w…

Veterans honored in Fortuna event on Monday

All military veterans and their families were honored in a special event on Monday at the Fortuna Veterans building. The 24th annual Veterans Day Tribute is presented by the Fortuna Senior Center, and included colors posted by the Mad River Community Veterans Honor Guard, singing patriotic songs, service branch anthems for the Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Coast Guard, keynote speech by Marine Corps veteran and Fortuna Police Chief Casey Da…