The FIREWORKS CELEBRATION for 2015 was the best one everaccording to all of the comments I heard Sunday, following the
Saturday Night event sponsored by the American Legion Post
279. The Annual Fireworks Event is paid for by Cannon County,
the City of Woodbury, and the Town of Auburntown. Under the
dynamic leadership of Commander, Charlie F. Harrell, the American
Legion Post 279, the Sons of Squadron 279, and a very special
group of “Friends of American Legion Post 279, joined forces, and
with a positive attitude to get the job done, put on a great event for the
citizens of Cannon County. This “Cracker Jack”
Team put their hearts and minds together, planned the
activities, and worked hard making sure that all of the events
and fireworks display went just like clockwork. When all was
over, I heard many comments from the team members, saying boy I am tired,
but I had so much fun, and I want to come back next year and help. There
were games for the kids, live music, patriotic music, a
dunking tank, hot dogs, cold drinks, sno-cones, strawberry short
cakes, American flags, glow sticks and special trinkets. Chris
Greninger a qualified and licensed DRONE pilot, put on several
demonstrations for the folks. He filmed the fireworks display
from above the display. Hopefully,Chris, a Veteran, will become a
Legionnaire in Post 279. He would be a great asset to Post 279 and
Woodbury. I asked Commander Harrell what he thought about Fireworks
Celebration 2015. He said, “It was simply outstanding and a great
success.” He continued by saying that the attendance was also the highest
he had seen. He also said that we want to start now, planning and making
Fireworks Celebration 2016 even bigger and better. And that he wanted to
get comments from our citizens, and especially our children, on what they
think, their ideas, and recommendations to make this annual event for our
County something we can all enjoy and appreciate. So, if you have a good
idea or suggestion for the Fireworks Celebration 2016 contact Charlie
Harrell or Jim Stone.
We want to express our sincere appreciation to the Woodbury Police
Department, the Woodbury Fire Department, and the Woodbury Public Works
Crew. This men and women are dedicated and devoted to serving the
citizens of Woodbury and Cannon County. The County and City First
Responders are our heroes. When you see a First Responder or a Veteran
shake their hand and tell them thanks for their service. And when you see
a member of the Woodbury Public Works Crew, shake their hand and thank
them for keeping our City of Woodbury looking so great. Commander Harrell
turned to me and said what did you think? I said that it was “CRACKER
JACK!”, and I had so much fun working with a great group of hard charging,
dedicated, devoted, and positive thinking, volunteers working hard for our
YOUTH, our COMMUNITY, and our VETERANS. God bless Woodbury, Cannon
County, Tennessee, and the United States of America; and God bless our
citizens and especially our children. They are tomorrows leaders of this
great nation.
