12th Annual Freedom Honor Flight Veterans Day breakfast
Veterans will be honored for their service at the 12th Annual Veterans Day breakfast in La Crosse. Veterans and a guest are invited to attend the breakfast on Monday, Nov. 11, hosted by Freedom Honor Flight and the UW-La Crosse Athletics Department. Student-athletes will serve breakfast from 7 to 10:30 a.m. at the UWL Fieldhouse in Mitchell Hall.
The morning will include entertainment from the UW-La Crosse Hoefer Brass Quintet and a program beginning at 8:45 a.m. with two speakers:
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Karl Fischer is a local veteran who served as a sentinel at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery in 1973
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John Armbruster is the author of “Tailspin,” a story of a Flying Fortress tail gunner during World War II who fell four miles without a parachute and lived
Free parking is available on the day of the event in Lot C2, directly across from Mitchell Hall, next to the stadium. No RSVP is required. All veterans and a guest are welcome!