Nixon Library Honors Military Heroes in Annual Decorating of Christmas Tree Ceremony
The Richard Nixon Library and Museum hosted its 12th annual “Hometown Heroes” ceremony Dec. 4, where ornaments with personalized dog tags honoring fallen service members were hung on its Christmas tree.
Kathleen York, of Twin Peaks, CA, attended to honor her late son-in-law, U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Patrick Lee Wade, who was deployed in Iraq in 2007 at the time of his death when explosives were detonated underneath his vehicle. He was survived by his wife and two daughters, the youngest was just nine months old when he died.
“He was a man of a lot of action and not a lot of words,” York told The Epoch Times. “After 15 years, it still doesn’t get any easier. We miss him every day.”…