Local living legends share their "Thanksgiving veteran" stories

Fallbrook should be so proud! Silvergate Retirement Residence veterans are being honored for their service to our country this past Thanksgiving and Veterans Day holidays. Initiated by their activities director, Lynne Leonard, a “Veterans Hall of Fame” room was set up at Silvergate. The public is invited to see and meet these local living legends – male and female veterans dating back to the WWII era – at a social on Friday, Nov. 30 from 2 to 4 p.m. at Silvergate, 420 Elbrook Dr. in Fallbrook.

Leonard is from a long line of veterans – her grandfather, father, husband, uncles...