Over the weekend we posted a story about how an East Cobb-based organization is providing assistance to veterans, including community outreach at a cookout on Saturday.
This coming Friday, representatives from United Military Care will be at the East Cobb Senior Center for an official Cobb County government salute to veterans.
The event is from 11-2 p.m., and includes a catered meal from Carraba’s Italian Grill. Also performing will be a Woodstock-based string band that appeared at Saturday’s cookout. The Tunnel Rats, named after the Vietnam War troops who performed underground missions, will play tunes from that era.
The East Cobb Senior Center event is free for veterans and their spouses. Space is limited and registration is required. For event contact info call 770-509-4900. (3332 Sandy Plains Road).
The Tunnel Rats will be playing Tuesday in a Veterans Day concert at the Jennie Anderson Theater at the Cobb Civic Center, starting at 6 p.m. It’s a fundraiser for the Georgia Vietnam Veterans Association, and will include a film screening, “In the Shadow of the Blade.” The cost is $10, $5 for veterans and seniors age 62 and older.
On Friday, the McCleskey-East Cobb Family YMCA Veterans Day event is from 5-8 p.m. at the Piedmont Church (570 Piedmont Road).
The cost is free for veterans and family of those who have served. Registration is open for those ages 18 years and older.
Please contact Gayle at 770-977-5991, or by email at GayleB@ymcaatla
On Sunday, the Cobb Wind Symphony Veterans Day Concert will take place starting at 3 p.m. at the Lassiter Concert Hall (2601 Shallowford Road). Admission is free.
Also this weekend, The Art Place is staging “Piece of My Heart,” which portrays the stories of six women who served as nurses in the Vietnam War and how they were affected by the experience.
The show will benefit the new Emory Veterans Healthcare program, which is eligible to anyone who served a day after 9/11.
The performances will be at 7:30 p.m, on Friday and Saturday, and the suggested donation of $10 (3330 Sandy Plains Road).
Veterans Day is next Monday, Nov. 11, and on that day U.S. Rep. Lucy McBath will hold a ceremony at 2 p.m. at American Legion Post 201 (201 Wills Road, Alpharetta).
This ceremony will honor Vietnam veterans, who will receive a commemorative lapel pin and certificate of special recognition.
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