Some 100 people attended today's annual Veteran's Day Dinner at the Marshall VFW Post 4073 where Post Commander Clifton Wise handed out awasrds for years of service to the post. The attendees, who also enjoyed a chicken and ham dinner prepared by Judy's Catering service, were captivated by the true story of keynote speaker, Brigett Kiessling, who shared how she, her six brothers and sisters and her parents were able to escape from their East Germany home in 1947 into West Germany and eventually immigrated to the United States, first to Dowagiac and then to Benton Harbor. Special guests at the event included two Eaton Corporation officials who helped to give a granite monument from inside the former Hanover Street assembly plant to the VFW, along with Ron Holley, president of Patton Monument, Brian Grable who assisted in the monument rescue project, Shelly Sulser of the Marshall Chronicle who helped publicize the project since last February and Post members, Ed and Madeline Waidely. The monument will be dedicated at a ceremony on Foutain Circle at 10 a.m. when Wise will read the names of Marshall's killed in action who appear on the newly restored monument. Traditional Veteran's Day observances will be immediately follow at Veteran's Monument.
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