It was a proud, yet somewhat sad day, as Menifee veterans gathered Friday, Nov. 11, in Central Park to receive thanks by the city’s leaders and residents for their many years of service in the nation’s wars and for defending its freedoms in peace.It was a proud day in that so many in attendance shook a veteran’s hand and thanked them for their service. There were former Marines, Army soldiers, Air Force airmen and ground crews, Navy men and women, Coast Guardsmen and maritime servicemen in attendance, many wearing their branch hats, some in uniform with glistening medals and others with their grateful families.All stood proudly saluting our nation’s flag as the “Star Spangled Banner,” sung a capella by Audrie Wosin and “God Bless America,” on the Central Park stage
