The annual Veterans Day celebration and free barbecue luncheon to honor U.S. Armed Forces retirees and active duty personnel in the local community will be conducted in Urbanna Saturday, Nov. 14. A car show with 20-30 classic vehicles and a large indoor yard sale will also be part of the event.
The activities begin with the yard sale at 8 a.m. and continue until 2 p.m. at Urbanna Baptist Church, 121 Watling St. The Memory Lane Car Club will have its cars on display in the church parking lots beginning at 10 a.m. Parking for guests will be along the curb on nearby streets.
A brief ceremony recognizing all veterans will begin at 11 a.m. on the church lawn. The speaker is Urbanna resident Bob Means, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran whose combat experiences in Vietnam left him wounded and suffering long-term PTSD. Healing came when he returned to Vietnam to participate in reconstruction projects to build polio clinics and orphanages. He is the author of My Soul to Keep: A Marine’s Journal after Combat, and became the subject of the documentary “Bob Doing Bob Things,” which focuses on his journey with PTSD and veteran suicide prevention.
