Melbourne was the setting last weekend for the Florida Air Show, billed as an Armed Forces Day event and featuring the Navy's famed Blue Angels.
A small party from Lake County had the privilege of enjoying the show a day early, sans traffic, in the company of a Blue Angel alumnus, retired Cmdr. Wayne Molnar (the SALUTE page's Veteran Profile in the Daily Commercial's March 7 edition).
Col. Riccoh Player, a former Pentagon public affairs officer, said that Armed Forces Day was created in 1949 to replace separate Service celebrations. "And major venues across the nation, and smaller communities as well, have injected their own local and regional color and tradition in some very creative ways over the years," he said.