JEFFERSONVILLE -- “Some people live an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference in the world. A veteran doesn't have that problem.”

At St. George's Church in Jeffersonville, parishioner and former Sullivan West teacher Carl Bruetsch uttered those words from the front of the church hall on Nov. 11, welcoming some 50 veterans, wives and friends to the church's annual free Veterans Day dinner.

“As has been said in the past, not all heroes wear capes,” said Bruetsch. “They are the men and women who put on the uniforms of the United States of America.”

The crowd recited the Pledge of Allegiance, sang patriotic songs, and belted out the theme songs of the armed forces, including the Navy's “Anchors Aweigh;” the Marine's Hymn that starts “From the halls of Montezuma” and the Air Force's “Off we go into the wild blue yonder.”