Posted by Brandon Azbill
Fellow Rotarians, friends, veterans and guests from Rotary Area 3 clubs gathered Monday, Nov. 11 to celebrate Veterans Day.
 
November 11, 2019 | Edina Country Club | Veteran’s Day
 
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  • 11:30 start, Angelica Cantanti sang “America The Beautiful”
  • Speaker Russ Michaletz, Rotary District Governor welcomed meeting attendees and the 8 clubs in District 3 that were present
  • MC: Denny Schulstad, Retired Brigadier General, 22 years on the Mpls City Council
    • Veterans embody service above self and gatherings like today mean the most-more that and VETERANS DAY SALE!
    • Veteran Memorial in Edina, donated by Edina Rotary-all members invited to take a trip after the meeting to view
    • Tom Gump noted for creating the first Veteran Rotary club in the WORLD!
    • Honored WW2 vets in attendance: Leo Schentz, Bob Johnson, Gordy Lewis, Ed Olson (served under Patton)
 
 
  • Edina Rotary Brass Quintet
    • Played songs for Army, Navy, Marines, CG, and AF as we honored those vets who stood in attendance
 
 
 
  • Keynote: Dean Phillips
    • Gold Star Son-Vietnam. Father died in helicopter crash when he was 6 months old, mother was 24.
    • Spoke on experience as a freshman congressman in Washington D.C. America has the resources to send people to war, but lack resources to take care of them when they come home.
    • Has passed 2 dozen bipartisan bills to help veterans.
    • Veteran’s mental health/suicide-whole heath bill: VA must report back to Congress.
    • 40,000 Veteran homeless every night: Passed Nationwide Homeless Veterans families act.
    • “Start a conversation with someone who eats, prays, and looks different than you.”
    • We are the UNITED States of America, it is our job to end divisiveness with personal, small acts person to person-face to face.
 
Our Veterans Day color guard was Richfield Boy Scout Troop 384. Shown here with Retired General Schulstad.
 
 
 
Our Greeters for Veterans Day Lunch were Charlie Barer, Tom Gump, Brad Hepp and Steve Buettner
 
A tribute to those who paid the ultimate price.