This tipi owned by Wendell Deer With Horns will be erected on the Middlebury Green Saturday morning prior to a ceremony honoring veterans. (Submitted photo)
For the first time ever, Middlebury Parks and Recreation Director Betty Proulx said, the town of Middlebury will have a Veterans Day celebration. It will be Saturday, Nov. 8, at noon on the town green. Last Thanksgiving, Proulx, herself a Navy veteran, saw fellow veteran Wendell Deer With Horns, a Native American, perform a veterans blessing ceremony at the Oakville American Legion Post 195. He erected a tipi and then led a ceremony of drumming, songs and dancing to bless the veterans.
“It was something that just impressed me,” Proulx said, “and I wanted to share it.” Fortunately, Deer With Horns has agreed to erect his tipi on the town green and perform the ceremony here. He will start erecting the tipi at 10 a.m. Proulx sent invitations to Middlebury veterans, and all are welcome to attend one or both events. In case of rain, the ceremony will move indoors at Shepardson Community Center.
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