The Vista Library, The Veterans Writing Group of San Diego County, and VETART.ORG teamed up to present “Strength Through Art” on July 10th at the library. Visitors were treated to 15 displays of paintings, pottery, and laser printing, from VETART.ORG: and readings from four military veterans from their stories in one of four books published by the group.
Veronica Cortez, the initiator and coordinator for the event, presented a Certificate of Appreciation to Garry Garretson, from the Veterans Writing Group and to Amit Khosla, representing VETART.ORG.
Over forty guests and visitors included Vista Deputy Mayor John Franklin, Vista Unified School Board Trustee Ciprano Vargas, and Backfence Society leader Sara Spinks.
The readers included Charlie Wyatt, swift boat commander in Vietnam, Glenn Foss, Navy submarine officer during Vietnam, Dante Pucetti, Army artillery surveyors during Vietnam and Shara French, retired US Marine Gunnery Sergeant.
