NPR correspondent to speak at Veterans Day breakfast

Award-winning National Public Radio veterans-affairs correspondent David Aquila “Quil” Lawrence will speak at a Veterans Day breakfast Nov. 11 in Cape Girardeau.

The event will be at VFW Post 3838, 1040 N. Kingshighway.

KRCU Radio and the College of Health and Human Services at Southeast Missouri State University are hosting the event from 8 to 10 a.m.

Morris Jenkins, dean of the college, said in a statement “the armed services are a vital part of our nation.” Jenkins, who is a veteran of the U.S. Army and the Marine Corps, said the military ensures “that we have health and social services and constitutional protections for all of us.”

A free breakfast will be offered, compliments of Thomas L. Meyer Realty Co., First State Community Bank, Ruopp & Ruopp Dentistry and The Limbaugh Firm.

Those planning to attend the breakfast are asked to RSVP by Friday to www.krcu.org/breakfast, by email to jlawson@semo.edu or by calling (573) 651-5070.

After the breakfast, Lawrence will speak to Southeast students at 10 a.m. in Glenn Auditorium on the university campus.

Pertinent address:

1040 N. Kingshighway, Cape Girardeau, Mo.

1 University Plaza, Cape Girardeau, Mo.