‘A powerful reminder’

As veterans’ ranks decline, events spotlight their key role
Members of the 62nd Engineer Brigade post the colors at Tuesday’s Veterans Day program, hosted at the Sylvia Tucker Memorial Park in Kempner. For more photos from various events recognizing veterans of the U.S. armed forces, see page 3. ERICK MITCHELL | DISPATCH RECORD
Members of the 62nd Engineer Brigade post the colors at Tuesday’s Veterans Day program, hosted at the Sylvia Tucker Memorial Park in Kempner. For more photos from various events recognizing veterans of the U.S. armed forces, see page 3. ERICK MITCHELL | DISPATCH RECORD

Some 70 to 80 people turned out Tuesday morning for Lampasas’ annual Veterans Day ceremony at the county courthouse.

In keeping with custom, the celebration took place at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month. Those key dates and time marked the anniversary of the Nov. 11, 1918, armistice that ended World War I.

U.S. Army veteran Steve Cook, commander of American Legion Post 277, led the o…