CHARLOTTESVILLE (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) — American Legion Post 74, the local chapter of the nation’s largest veteran’s organization, commemorated Veterans Day with its annual ceremony at the Albemarle County Office Building on Tuesday.
Captain Patrick Kelly, Navy veteran and Post 74’s judge advocate, told Cville Right Now afterward that the Legion, which was chartered by Congress in 1919, was founded “specifically for patriotic observances” and called Veterans Day the organization’s major event.
“This is our piece de resistance, so to say,” he said. “This is what we do, and we’re happy to do it for the community.”…