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Residents Honor Veterans Over 300 residents gathered in the Ballroom to enjoy a Tribute to Veterans last month. The program began as cadets from the California Military Institute (CMI) presented our Nation and State's flags,while the audience, led by the "Harmonettes," sang our National Anthem. Two US Marine Corps officers, replete in dress blues, greeted the guests. It gave us all a wonderful opportunity to thank these young warriors in person. It was extra special, as Nov. 10, is the Marine Corps birthday. The cadets from CMI presented the Service Flags accompanied by a medley of music featuring all branches of the military, followed by presentation of the POW/MIA flag. We asked veterans to stand when their flag and song was presented. It seemed that at least a third of our audience stood. A wonderful USO-style presentation of music from the 40s, 50s, and 60s was presented by the "Harmonettes," taking us on a journey down memory lane. The evening ended with cake and coffee along with a video presentation of pictures of our resident veterans when they were in the service. 9 | Four Seasons Hemet Herald | DECEMBER 2013 | "Thank-a-Marine" Program Starts Strong We want to thank those who took the time to make some homemade goodies to send back with our Marine greeters. They were, as always, very appreciative, and commented that Four Seasons "out did" themselves again. They were hard pressed to find room in their truck for all the goodies that these young Marines value highly as a taste of home. It was great to see a request, put out to a small group of residents, be turned into thousands of home-made cookies, candies, brownies, and fudge. In addition, we sent the Marine Corps Birthday Cake home with 1st Sgt. Jackson and Gunnery Sgt. Beardsley to share with other Marines on base. They commented that they had muster at 2200 hours, and all these cookies and cake were going to be a wonderful surprise for these "kids." We could not find a better group of young people to send our thanks to in this way.