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Young & Old Gather to Thank U.S. Troops

Vine Grove resident Wesley Betson, 4, waves American flags during the Hardin County Veterans Day celebration Satuday at Optimist Park in Vine Grove.
Amber Coulter
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The News-Enterprise
Vine Grove resident Wesley Betson, 4, waves American flags during the Hardin County Veterans Day celebration Satuday at Optimist Park in Vine Grove.

Elfren Padilla, a U.S. Army veteran, watched the Hardin County Veterans Day Parade on Saturday to support members of the Fort Knox Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps marching in it. “It’s a good reminder ... of all the people out there doing something so (youths) can have all the privileges and rights that they have,” he said. Padilla, a Radcliff resident who works with JROTC, said some, especially young people, tend to criticize things they consider wrong in the world and don’t do anything to resolve the problem.

 

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