Slideshow | A Legacy for all time
Published 11:41 pm Saturday, May 18, 2013
Lt. Cmdr. Allen Willey, a 1985 Tonasket High School graduate who has served 27 years in the U.S. Navy Civil Engineer Corps, speaks at the dedication of the U.S. Armed Forces Legacy site dedicationon Saturday May 18.
TONASKET – The U. S. Armed Forces Legacy site was dedicated Saturday, May 18, 2013, coinciding with Armed Forces Day. The dedication included a parade through Tonasket and a ceremony at the Legacy site, highlighted by speeches by Captain Alan Walker (U.S. Coast Guard) and Lieutenant Commander Allen Willey (U.S. Navy Civil Engineers).
More details will be in our May 23 print edition.
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- George Frank (rear left) amidst the flags
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- Lt. Cmdr. Allen Willey, one of two keynote speakers.
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- Viewing and sharing at the wall
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- Current Legacy pres. Roger Castelda
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- Waving the flag
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- Lt. Cmdr. Allen Willey (left) and Capt. Alan Walker
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- Pastor Ron Wise giving the invocation.
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- Okanogan County Sheriff Honor Guard
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- County Commissioner Jim DeTro
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- Nanchang CJ6, flown by Paul Lewis.
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- Colville Tribe opening ceremony
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- 21-gun salute
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- Blue Star Mothers president Daralyn Hollenbeck, with photo of son Josh.
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- Capt. Alan Walker of Curlew, 28 years of service in the U.S. Coast Guard
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- Michael Stewart teaches about flag etiquette
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- American Legion
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- Kathy Moore, with picture of son Lt. Cmdr. Allen Willey.
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- Crowd watches the plane approach
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- The Wall
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- Native American Color Guard
About Brent Baker
Brent, is a former reporter/photographer for the Gazette-Tribune and sometimes works as a freelance sports reporter for the G-T. Prior to working at the G-T, he was the sports editor for Sunrise Publishing from 2000-2005 in Michigan. He subsequently owned and operated Buckland Media, a high school sports website, in Michigan until 2010. He and his wife Kim, who have an adult son, moved to Tonasket in 2010. Brent worked as a full time reporter/photographer at the G-T from 2011 - 2014).
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