Libby celebrates Veterans Day 2018
The American Legion Honor Guard fires its rifles during a Veterans Day ceremony at Libby Cemetery Sunday, Nov. 11, 2018. (John Blodgett/The Western News)
Third- and fourth-grade students from Kootenai Valley Christian School perform “There She Stands” during the school’s 22nd annual Veterans Day program at Libby Christian Church Friday, Nov. 9, 2018. (John Blodgett/The Western News)
Fifth- and sixth-grade students from Kootenai Valley Christian School perform “God Bless the USA” during the school’s 22nd annual Veterans Day program at Libby Christian Church Friday, Nov. 9, 2018. (John Blodgett/The Western News)
Gold Star mother Maria Wegner, accompanied by husband Don Wegner, leave a wreaths in honor of veterans during a Veterans Day memorial service at Libby Cemetery Sunday, Nov. 11, 2018. (John Blodgett/The Western News)
Libby Police Chief Scott Kessel salutes after placing a wreath at the Libby Cemetery Veterans Memorial on Sunday, Nov. 11, 2018. (John Blodgett/The Western News)
Lincoln County Sheriff’s Deputy John Davis salutes after placing a wreath at the Libby Cemetery Veterans Memorial on Sunday, Nov. 11, 2018. (John Blodgett/The Western News)
Guests of honor prepare to raise the American flag during a Veterans Day ceremony at Libby Elementary School Monday morning. They are, from left: Tom Gallagher, Tina Resch (obscured), Linda Sverdrup (obscured) and Dan Watkins. (John Blodgett/The Western News)
Tom Gallagher raises the American flag during a Monday morning ceremony at Libby Elementary School. (John Blodgett/The Western News)
Libby Elementary School students and teachers participate in a flag ceremony in honor of Veterans Day Monday, Nov. 12, 2018. (John Blodgett/The Western News)
Jacqueline Wisdom, lfet, and Cierra Swagger play taps during a Monday morning flag raising ceremony at Libby Elementary School. (John Blodgett/The Western News)
Tina Resch salutes the flag during a Veterans Day ceremony at Libby Elementary School Monday morning. (John Blodgett/The Western News)
The Libby High School band — led by Matthew Krantz — perform “March Heroic” during the Veterans Day observance in the Ralph Tate Memorial Gymnasium at Libby High School Monday. (Ben Kibbey/The Western News)
Local veterans, students and community members gather in salute as the National Anthem is performed by Bella Hollingsworth, Mikalyn Zeiler and Kaleb Lingren during the Veterans Day observance in the Ralph Tate Memorial Gymnasium at Libby High School Monday. (Ben Kibbey/The Western News)
Local veterans — including members of VFW Harper Erdman Post 1548 — visited Libby Elementary School Friday, where the kindergarten class presented them with custom “Thank you” cards made in the likeness of soldiers. Pictured are local veterans Skylar Cochran, Rose Arnold, John Beebe, Paul Mammano and Leo LaBelle. Acton Farmer is presenting to John Beebe. (Ben Kibbey/The Western News)
U.S. Marine Corps veteran Ramsey Smith addresses students, community members and fellow veterans during the Veterans Day observance in the Ralph Tate Memorial Gymnasium at Libby High School Monday. Smith gave a frank recollection of growing up with his brother, Raleigh, in Troy, of their enlistment in the Marines around the same time, and the mental and emotional scars he carries from his own service and from the death of his brother in Fallujah, Iraq. He told the audience that being asked if he ever killed someone or to tell stories of his time overseas is painful, but that the gratitude sho…
Community members, students and fellow veterans give a standing ovation to U.S. Marine Corps veteran Ramsey Smith after his talk during the Veterans Day observance in the Ralph Tate Memorial Gymnasium at Libby High School Monday. Smith gave a frank recollection of growing up with his brother, Raleigh, in Troy, of their enlistment in the Marines around the same time, and the mental and emotional scars he carries from his own service and from the death of his brother in Fallujah, Iraq. He told the audience that being asked if he ever killed someone or to tell stories of his time overseas is pai…
The Libby High School Choir — led by Lorraine Braun — performs the Battle Hymn of the Republic during the Veterans Day observance in the Ralph Tate Memorial Gymnasium at Libby High School Monday. (Ben Kibbey/The Western News)
Brandy Murray and Cerria Swagger perform a flag folding ceremony before presenting the flag to guest speaker and U.S. Marine Corps veteran Ramsey Smith during the Veterans Day observance in the Ralph Tate Memorial Gymnasium at Libby High School Monday. (Ben Kibbey/The Western News)
The Libby High School band — led by Matthew Krantz — perform “March Heroic” during the Veterans Day observance in the Ralph Tate Memorial Gymnasium at Libby High School Monday. (Ben Kibbey/The Western News)
Community members, students and fellow veterans give a standing ovation to U.S. Marine Corps veteran Ramsey Smith after his talk during the Veterans Day observance in the Ralph Tate Memorial Gymnasium at Libby High School Monday. Smith gave a frank recollection of growing up with his brother, Raleigh, in Troy, of their enlistment in the Marines around the same time, and the mental and emotional scars he carries from his own service and from the death of his brother in Fallujah, Iraq. He told the audience that being asked if he ever killed someone or to tell stories of his time overseas is pai…
