Ocoee ceremony to honor veterans

The city's Veterans Day program is Thursday, Nov. 7.

By Amy Quesinberry Price
| 9:44 p.m. November 5, 2024

West Orange Times & Observer
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The public is invited to attend the city of Ocoee’s 22nd Annual Veterans Day Ceremony at 11 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 7, at the Ocoee Lakeshore Center, 125 N. Lakeshore Drive.

Retired Marine Corps Maj. Barron Mills will be the keynote speaker. Mills spent 20 years in the military; his prior experiences include leading Marines on missions in the Mediterranean, Haiti, Cuba, Iraq and Afghanistan. His military career included a variety of roles such as a project manager for a $42-miliion simulation training system, building a 5,000-man Iraqi infantry brigade, and leading a 35-man platoon in conducting security operations in Bosnia and Haiti.

The program will include music, Ocoee’s police and fire department honor guards, a wreath placement and refreshments.

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Amy Quesinberry Price

Community Editor Amy Quesinberry Price was born at the old West Orange Memorial Hospital and raised in Winter Garden. Aside from earning her journalism degree from the University of Georgia, she hasn’t strayed too far from her hometown and her three-mile bubble. She grew up reading The Winter Garden Times and knew in the eighth grade she wanted to write for her community newspaper. She has been part of the writing and editing team since 1990.