Victoria Yeager to speak at Carson City Navy League Dinner
Third Quarter Dinner of 2022 is Coming! The Carson City Council of the United States Navy League will hold our third meeting of the year on Wednesday, August 17, 2022 at the Gold Dust West Hotel and Casino, Carson City. The Social hour will start at 5:30 PM and Dinner will begin at 6:15PM.
Our speaker for this meeting will be Victoria Yeager, the widow of General Chuck Yeager. Victoria met Chuck Yeager on a hiking trail in 2000 and they married in 2003. Victoria and Chuck Yeager spent 13 wonderful years together before his death on December 7, 2020. Victoria is thrilled and honored to share the humor and wisdom of her late great husband. October 14, 2022 will be the 75th anniversary of the first breaking of the Sound Barrier by Chuck Yeager in the Bell X-1 at 45,000 ft.
We will have a Southern Barbecue Buffet with a variety of meats and Chicken, along with mac & Cheese, potato salad, coleslaw, corn on the cob, baked beans, corn muffins and a selection of desserts! Cost is $30.00 per person. For Reservations, you can reply to email (ericmoor@aol.com) or call Carolyn Southard, 775-882-7960. The price is $30 per person. Reservations need to in by Thursday, August 11, 2022.