Wabash County will honor those who have served in the nation’s armed forces during its Veterans Day observance Wednesday morning.
The ceremony begins at 11 at the VFW Hall on South Market Street in Mt. Carmel. The program will feature guest speaker retired Army Lieutenant Colonel Ulisses Taymes, along with the Wabash County Singers and the Wabash County Honor Guard.
Taymes enlisted in the Army in May of 1989 and served with the 82nd Airborne Division, participating in Operation Just Cause in Panama later that year. He subsequently joined the New York Army National Guard while also working as a detective investigator for the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office.
After becoming a commissioned officer in 2004, Taymes held a variety of military intelligence and leadership positions, including serving as an operations officer with the Defense Intelligence Agency.
He retired as a lieutenant colonel in April of 2025 and became the senior Army instructor for the Junior ROTC program at Theodore Roosevelt High School in the Bronx. His military honors include the Bronze Star Medal and the Meritorious Service Medal.
Wednesday’s Veterans Day observance begins at 11 a.m. at the Mt. Carmel VFW. WSJD will rebroadcast the service starting at 12pn Wednesday.