The Atoka County Veterans wish to express their most heartfelt appreciation to all who support and remember those who have served or continue to serve this great nation of ours and especially those who gave the ultimate sacrifice to ensure the liberty and freedom we now enjoy. I would like to take this time to also share something our local veteran's chapter is doing to further demonstrate our appreciation and honor to those who have fallen.
Last year I placed flags on the veterans' graves located at the Green Meadows Cemetery which is located near the Atoka Airport. The people who normally did this were informed and were worried that this task would not be completed and Renee' informed them that I would/ could take care of this and for them not to become overly concerned about this.
I was not familiar with the placement of veteran's graves and walked up and down the rows looking for veterans' graves for 3 hours. I completed this task and realized that I had placed three hundred memorial flags on interred service men and women. I also noticed that there were several graves which had become sunken within the surrounding ground and were difficult to locate and needed work done on the sites.
