Gerald Ellis, Hero-- Part 3: The American Legion and a Show of Support

Like I said, we had quite a long wait before the procession showed up.  A guy came over and said, "I thought that was you."  It was Dale from the Fox Lake American Legion, past commander of the Sons of American Legion to which I belong in honor of my grandfather who was an original Legion member of the Legion as he served in WW I and joined in the early 1920s.

We have the U.S. flag at the Legion flying at half mast for the three Illinois State Troopers killed in the line of duty so far this year, the most in 66 years and we're just into April.

We both agreed this is a make up for 2015 when the Fox Lake police officer (I won't use his name) was thought to be killed in the line of duty and we found it later to be a suicide as a way to avoid being caught for criminal activity.  There was a huge outpouring a public support, fundraisers and a massive police procession. And, as it turned out all for a crook   We were embarrassed.  But I look at it as a show of support for the job the police on all levels do for us.

And, of course, now with certain groups all upset that the police are targeting them, it is good to show them that the general public is still on their side.