On Saturday, Nov. 9, the town of Chester, California
held their holiday tree lighting ceremony. The celebration kicked off the holidays and honored the men and women of the armed
forces. The tree lighting ceremony, which took place during Veterans Day
weekend, honored servicemen and women by initiating a season of peace, hope, and
goodwill towards others. The event featured the color guard, a community
sing-a-long of Let There Be Peace on Earth and the opportunity for families to
hang ornaments on the tree. This celebration means a lot to this town and we
are so happy that we had the opportunity to provide the lights and tree topper
for their tree.
Here is the town’s official mission statement for the
celebration: Peace and goodwill in our world starts within each individual,
each family and each community. We wish
for our community to express a collective desire for peace and goodwill among
ourselves, to create symbolic, yet powerful expression of that which we long
for in our world. Lighting this tree
together, at the beginning of our holiday season and on the weekend that our
nation celebrates the service and sacrifice of our brothers and sisters for our
national safety and security, we put forth our intention for peace. We honor their service by initiating, with
this tree lighting, a season of peace, hope, service and goodwill toward each
other, those in our families, our neighborhoods and our community. The lights
of this tree shall remind us of the commitment we make this day in memory of
those who have served us and of our intention to live beside each other in
peace and harmony. In this, we become a
model for others.
After the celebration, we received the following message from Chester: "We did it! With your help, we had a beautiful
community tree lighting ceremony in honor of our veterans. Thank you!"
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