Memorandum
Date: May 20, 2025
To: The Honorable Lake County Board of Supervisors
From: Eddie Crandell, Chair, District 3 Supervisor
Subject: 1:00 P.M. - Consideration of a Veterans Mission Presentation Facilitated by Rick Mayo, Vice President of We Serve Veterans, Inc., to Include Remarks from Lake County Veterans Services Organizations and Military Funeral Honors Recognizing Lake County Veterans Killed in Action
Executive Summary:
It is a true honor for our Board to host a Veterans Mission Presentation, facilitated by Rick Mayo, Vice President of We Serve Veterans, Inc. During this item, our Board will be presented with a Veterans Appreciate plaque and an additional plaque listing 30 Lake County Veterans Killed in Action since World War I. Members of our Board will be aware, the first was Joy Madeiros (killed in France in 1918), after whom the Veterans Museum in Lakeport is named. Representatives of organizations delivering services to Lake County's veterans will then provide a brief overview of the supports they offer.
Following these elements, those who are able will be invited to process to the front steps of the Courthouse, where the Lake County Military Funeral Honors Team will provide a Department of Defense-authorized Military Funeral Ceremony in honor of Lake County's Veterans Killed in Action, including rifle volleys (ceremonial gunshots, in rapid succession). To close the ceremony, "Taps" will be played, utilizing a 360-watt stereo built into a 50-caliber ammunition box by Mayo.
Many thanks to Rick Mayo, Dave Waldschmitt (President, We Serve Veterans, Inc., and Chairman, Joy Madeiros Veterans Museum), Stephen Boone (Featured Speaker) and Wally Hammond (Interim Commander, Lake County Military Funeral Honors Team) for their considerable work to coordinate this presentation, and to Dale Stoebe, Chief of Police, and the Lakeport City Council for making accommodations to provide for this historic presentation.
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