Veterans Day
by Dawn Ballou, Pinedale Online!
November 12, 2019
The American Legion Phillips-Edwards Post 47 in Pinedale, Wyoming held Veterans Day programs on Monday, November 11th, 2019 in Pinedale. They had programs at the Elementary and Middle Schools and at Pinedale High School. The program included patriotic musical selections by the Pinedale High School Wrangler Choir and the Pinedale High School Concert Band. Keynote speakers were Michael Edison, Commander of Post 47 and Phil Vrska, US Marine Corps- Retired.
Special recognition was given to Girls State Delegates and the Voice of Democracy winners. A luncheon followed at the VFW in Pinedale. Special awards were given, including a Freedom of the Press Award to Pinedale Roundup reporter Robert Galbreath; Oathkeeper Award to Sublette County Sheriff K C Lehr; Commanders Award to James Noble, For continuous membership of the American Legion for over 50 years. Also, in recognition of his service for all Americans in the Korean War (1950-53) in support and defense of our US Constitution. Indeed, we honor and thank "Jim" for his service to his fellow man." Preston Goulette carried the award to Jim.
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A Bit of History: The Phillips-Edwards Post 47 of the American Legion was named in the honor of two men from Pinedale who were killed in action in France during World War I. Clifford Phillips was killed by a sniper in 1918. He is buried in France. Sydney Edwards was in a hospital recovering from an attack of appendicitis in 1918 when the hospital was shelled by an airplane and he was killed. His body was exhumed from its initial grave in France and he was brought back to Pinedale and reinterred in the Pinedale Cemetery in 1921.
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