Solemn reflection

Robert Smith, center, U.S. Army veteran and commander of American Legion Post 7, provided the invocation at a Veterans Day ceremony Friday, Nov. 10, 2023 inside the Oneida County Courthouse. Pictured, from left to right, are Oneida County CVS0 and U.S. Navy veteran Tammy Javenkoski, assistant Oneida County CVSO and Wisconsin Army National Guard veteran Jason Dailey, and State Rep. Rob Swearingen (R-Rhinelander). Behind them are the members of the Nativity Catholic Junior High Choir who sang “America the Beautiful” during the ceremony. Additional information local Veterans Day commemorations will be published in a future edition of the River News.