LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — During the Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday, May 20, there will be a special veterans mission presentation.

The presentation, which starts at 1 p.m., will be facilitated by Rick Mayo, vice president of We Serve Veterans Inc.

During this item, the board will be presented with a veterans appreciation plaque and an additional plaque listing 30 Lake County veterans killed in action since World War I.

The first of those soldiers killed was Joy Madeiros, who died in France in 1918. The Veterans Museum in Lakeport is named after him.

Representatives of organizations delivering services to Lake County’s veterans will then provide a brief overview of the supports they offer.

Following these elements, those who are able will be invited to process to the front steps of the courthouse, where the Lake County Military Funeral Honors Team will provide a Department of Defense-authorized military funeral ceremony in honor of Lake County’s veterans killed in action, including rifle volleys (ceremonial gunshots, in rapid succession).

To close the ceremony, “Taps” will be played, utilizing a 360-watt stereo built into a 50-caliber ammunition box by Mayo.

Officials offer thanks to Rick Mayo; Dave Waldschmitt, president of We Serve Veterans Inc. and chairman of the Joy Madeiros Veterans Museum; featured speaker Stephen Boone; and Wally Hammond, interim commander of the Lake County Military Funeral Honors Team for their considerable work and coordination, and to Lakeport Police Chief Dale Stoebe and the Lakeport City Council for making accommodations to provide for this historic presentation.


• Opening remarks by Moderator Rick Mayo

• Veterans chaplain prayer

• Dignitary welcome address

• Veterans mission overview (presentation of plaques)

• Introduction of veterans services organizations

• Lake County Military Funeral Honors Team ceremony in honor of Lake County veterans killed in action

• Ceremony concludes with the playing of “Taps”