Every year, the third Monday in February has been declared Presidents Day, to honor two of the country’s most revered leaders: Abraham Lincoln and George Washington.
In Broken Bow, the day is also celebrated by the VFW in the form of a pancake, ham and egg scholarship feed, and this year is no exception.
Event spokesman Dell Moninger says the fluffy flapjacks get a boost from locally-sourced flour.
“We start out with getting a great quality flour, and we get that from Evans Feed, so shout out to them, we’ll use 80-90 pounds of pancake flour. That and a little tender, loving care.”
Moninger said they expect to serve a total of 350-400 people, which means they’ll go through about 90 dozen eggs. People can choose to come to the Municipal Building building between 11a-1p or 4-7p. During the evening serving time, VFW will conduct a special ceremony.
“At six o’clock we’re going to have a couple of special presentations. We’re going to be doing some quilts of valor, Deb Bryner will be presenting a few of those, and Emory Haines will be speaking about 125 years of Veterans of Foreign Wars.”
Presidents Day is Monday, February 17th, and tickets can be purchased at Culligan Water of Broken Bow prior to the holiday, or you may purchase them the day of the feed.
