Chickasaw elder veterans visit D.C. memorials during Veterans Day trip

  • Chickasaw veterans recently visited several war memorials and other sites in Washington, D.C., as part of the Chickasaw Elder Veterans Trip. Back row, from left: Donald Harris, Delmer Brewer, Robert Lair, Gary Tomshack, David Keel, Jim Seawright, Michael Slater, Kenneth Horton and Bobbie Johnson. Front row, from left: Robert Cobb, Allen Keenan, Stewart Johnson Sr., Billy Jordan, George DeGraff Jr., Samuel Crow, Kenneth Harrington, Richard Burkett and Lonnie Lawson. Courtesy photo
    Chickasaw veterans recently visited several war memorials and other sites in Washington, D.C., as part of the Chickasaw Elder Veterans Trip. Back row, from left: Donald Harris, Delmer Brewer, Robert Lair, Gary Tomshack, David Keel, Jim Seawright, Michael Slater, Kenneth Horton and Bobbie Johnson. Front row, from left: Robert Cobb, Allen Keenan, Stewart Johnson Sr., Billy Jordan, George DeGraff Jr., Samuel Crow, Kenneth Harrington, Richard Burkett and Lonnie Lawson. Courtesy photo

    WASHINGTON, D.C. – Chickasaw warriors placed a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier during a recent trip to Washington, D.C., in celebration of Veterans Day.

    The veterans laying the wreath were part of the 19 total Chickasaw elder veterans who attended a five-day trip to the nation's capital, sponsored by the Chickasaw Nation.

    Each November the Chickasaw Nation sends a group of warriors from th…