92-year-old WWll veteran will lead walk to…
92-year-old WWll veteran will lead walk to honor veterans Monday
By Natalie Rademacher | nrademacher@pioneerpress.com |
PUBLISHED: November 9, 2019 at 5:38 a.m. | UPDATED: November 10, 2019 at 10:55 p.m.
Age does not slow George Hunkins down. The 92-year-old World War ll veteran is organizing another walk around St. Paul on Veteran's Day.
The walk is an event Hunkins started three years ago after being inspired by the annual Veteran's Day parade in New York. He said he wanted to bring an event like that to St. Paul.
According to Hunkins, the walk is an effort to continue the legacy of those who served in World War ll and support all U.S. veterans.
The walk will begin at 1 p.m. Monday morning at the Veterans Service Building on 12th Street. Attendees will travel from St. Peter Street to Kellogg Boulevard. Then head back up Wabasha Street and end the journey back at the Veterans Service Building. It is about a mile and a half walk.
Attendees are encouraged to bring flags and to bundle up. Temperatures are expected to be in the low 20s on Monday.
"It is going to be colder than the son of a gun," Hunkins said.
For last year's walk, Hunkins said the weather was much nicer. Around 30 people participated.
"It was a wonderful day," he said.
He expects about 30 people to attend again this year and hopes the cold weather does not deter people from coming.
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