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Plenty of people gathered together to honor local heroes at the Pierre Claeyssens Veterans Foundation’s Fourth of July celebration.
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. It was a patriotic affair on Sunday at the Santa Barbara Cemetery, as the Pierre Claeyssens Veterans Foundation hosted a Fourth of July celebration.
Plenty of people gathered together to honor local heroes while also bringing back a sense of normalcy.
“It’s a revitalization and rejuvenation of what we do,” Pierre Claeyssens Veterans Foundation co-founder John Blankenship said.
After spending more than six years as a prisoner of war, Vietnam veteran Charlie Plumb says that Independence Day is his favorite day.
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