VETERANS DAY CEREMONY AT LAKE BARRINGTON FIELD HOUSE.

11 AM TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11
All Barrington Area Veterans, Residents Invited

Keynote Speaker: Robert Abboud

Awarded The Purple Heart And Bronze Star
 (sponsored By Lake Barrington Shores Veterans)

To honor our Veterans on Veterans Day at 11am Tuesday November 11, 2014, the Lake Barrington Shores Veterans Organization will hold its ceremony at the Lake Barrington Field House on Pepper Road; many thanks to Lake Barrington Field House for providing the site for this year’s ceremony.

We thank Mr. Robert Abboud for being our keynote speaker. His talk is entitled “Remembrances of the Korean War”.

Mr. Abboud served as a 2nd Lieutenant, US Marines, in Korea 1951-53. He was awarded the Purple Heart and Bronze Star, for “…selfless devotion to duty and resourcefulness; his heroic actions were in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service”. Mr. Abboud is a graduate of Harvard University, 1951, Harvard Law, 1956, and was a Baker Scholar at the Harvard Business School, 1958.

The Lake Barrington Shores Veterans Organization is a service organization devoted to honoring retired military service men and women. We support Memorial Day, Armed Forces Day, Veterans Day, and do a Support Our Troops Collection Drive, all to honor and support our Veterans. We have a Memorial Garden, destination for honoring military veterans, living and deceased, for their service, by placing memorial stones with their names, service and service dates, in the grounds at the foot of and surrounding the Memorial Garden with its towering American Flag, flowers and plants. This Memorial Garden is open daily for LBS Veterans, residents, their families and their guests, to pay their respects to our military Veterans.

LAKE BARRINGTON SHORES VETERANS SET NEW RECORD IN 2014 ANNUAL “SUPPPORT OUR TROOPS” CAMPAIGN!

Thank you to the Lake Barrington veterans, residents who supported the Lake Barrington Shores Veterans’ 2014 annual “SUPPORT OUR TROOPS” ‘Wish List’ campaign. These packages go to our overseas troops in harm’s way.

Together, you raised an estimated $6,260.00 in wish list goods plus $200 in cash donations, which cover a portion of the care package shipping and distribution costs. 2013 estimated ‘Wish List’ donations were $3,500.00 and $125.00 in cash.

Many thanks to LBS Rec Center, Lake Barrington Village Hall and Lake Barrington Field House for providing drop-off points for the full shopping bags (donated by Trader Joe’s Lake Zurich).
The Lake Barrington Shores Veterans Organization is a service organization devoted to honoring retired military service men and women. We support Memorial Day, Armed Forces Day, Veterans Day, and do a Support Our Troops Collection Drive, all to honor and support our Veterans. We have a Memorial Garden, destination for honoring military veterans, living and deceased, for their service, by placing memorial stones with their names, service and service dates, in the grounds at the foot of and surrounding the Memorial Garden with its towering American Flag, flowers and plants. This Memorial Garden is open daily for LBS Veterans, residents, their families and their guests, to pay their respects to our military Veterans. LBS Veteran US Navy Commander (Ret.) John Betzold remarked, “Thank you to all our LBS Veterans, residents who have so generously supported our 2014 “Support Our Troops” campaign. And a big THANK YOU to LBS Rec Center, Lake Barrington Village Hall and Lake Barrington Field House for providing drop-off points, and Trader Joe’s store in Lake Zurich for donating the shopping bags for the wish list goods.”