Long-time Congress member Anna Eshoo spoke at a Veterans Day event in Palo Alto on Monday afternoon. She talked about honoring the men and women who’ve served our country and her final days serving Silicon Valley.
After serving in Congress for over three decades, Eshoo says she’s learned a lot about the sacrifices of the military and their families, and on Monday, it was her honor to recognize them.
“This is the Veteran’s Memorial Building and being here in this building is cool to us because we’ve been here all this time,” said Dr. Will Von Kaenel, an Air Force Veteran.
American Legion Post 375 hosted a brief ceremony at MacArthur Park in partnership with Stanford and the city of Palo Alto. Before MacArthur Park became a restaurant in 1981, it was used as a veteran’s hall and a hostess house for military families during World War I.
“It was three years ago that we first had an event here and we …