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VAlentines for Veterans 2023 with the Oak Ridge Boys & Ashley Campbell

Wednesday, February 22, 2023

The Oak Ridge Boys along with Ashley Campbell, daughter of the legendary Glen Campbell, and her musical partner Thor Jenson, packed the Black River Coliseum to a tune of more than 4,500 people Tuesday evening for the Wake Foundations VAlentines For Veterans Concert.

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    Ashley Campbell & musical partner Thor Jensen at the VAlentines for Veterans event at the Black River Coliseum. (DAR/Misty DeJournett)
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    The Oak Ridge Boys at the Robert Wake Foundations 2023 VAlentines for Veterans event at the Black River Coliseum. (DAR/Misty DeJournett)
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    USMC veteran Jesse Wells  (left) visits with VA employee Dale Garrett and other veterans during the VAlentine's For Veterans Concert at the Black River Coliseum Tuesday. (DAR/Misty DeJournett)
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    Army veteran Echo Rudd of Puxico said, “I love it, this is a great thing for veterans, especially those of us who don’t really do crowds well, this gives us the opportunity to be comfortable in our own skin in a big crowd of people, I have only missed three of these concerts since I got out of the service in 2012.” (DAR/Misty DeJournett)
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    Stoddard County Prosecuting Attorney and board member for the Robert Wake Foundation, Sawyer Smith and his wife, former Poplar Bluff resident, Leeza Edmundson Smith, attended the event and paid tribute to veterans honoring them for their service and sacrifice.  (DAR/Misty DeJournett)