Eunice VFW holds drive-by banquet in place of yearly gathering
and last updated 2021-04-10 21:16:51-04
The Eunice Veterans of Foreign Wars held a drive-by banquet event on Saturday.
Winners of various VFW sponsored contests lined up in the morning to receive their awards. Those included winners for the Voice of Democracy, the Patriot Pin, Americanism. Also awarded were two teachers of the year and a Boy Scout of the year.
Each year, the VFW sponsors the Voice of Democracy contest, in which students write an essay on a patriotic subject, explained VFW Post #8971 and Junior Vice Commander for Louisiana Don Reber. Younger students participate in the Patriot Pin and Americanism contests.