Art Awerkamp and the Field of Honor Committee wanted to take this opportunity to thank everyone in the club who took the time to help make the 2015 Field of Honor a success.

Many members came out to help set up the Field on Tuesday - enough that we were able to completely set the 1,000 flags and rebar in place in under two hours. To top that, with the help of a number of students from QND, we were able to disassemble the field and roll and store all 1,000 flags in about 45 minutes on Friday. That was just a tremendous show of what our club can do when they put their mind (and bodies) to it. So again, thank you very much.

For the most part, everything went smoothly this year. The storm on Veterans Day was a downer and forced the cancellation of the Veterans Matter Rally, but we still managed to raise some money for that cause. We'll have a full report on that on December 4.

The bad news was our tent didn't survive the storm. It made it just fine through the heavy rain and wind that occurred around 6 p.m., but about 9:30 one of the gusts caught it just right, flipping it backwards and snapping the two back legs of the tent. We're in contact with the tent company to see if the legs can be replaced or if we'll need a new frame, but the preliminary diagnosis is a new frame at $275. The good news is that all of the canvas is just fine - no damage to the top or walls.

The wind and rain did seem to hold down the number of visitors that actually walked through the display, but there were hundreds of cars that stopped on Locust Street to take photos and a company called JWR Marketing came out and did a drone video.

Again, thank you to everyone to helped set-up, take down or sat in the cold to keep an eye on the Field of Honor. We'll do it again next year.

Also, a huge thank-you to WGEM, KHQA and the Herald Whig who provided fantastic coverage of the Field this year - it is so appreciated! Finally, we hope everyone saw the thank-you ad in paper for our sponsors. Without them, none of this would be possible!