City of St. Petersburg Veterans Day Celebration

General News

You are invited to attend the 3rd Annual City of St. Petersburg Veterans Day Celebration on November 11, 2016 at 8:00 AM at the Veterans Memorial in Williams Park. This year’s Honored Veteran is Michael Jernigan. Please see the attached flyer (below) for additional information. I hope you will join us in honoring Michael Jernigan, and all of our veterans, for their service to our great nation.

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About Jeff Cavanagh

Jeff Cavanagh spent his freshman year at St. Petersburg Junior College back in the early 70s before enlisting in the United States Navy. Soon after, he attended Jacksonville University on a Navy ROTC scholarship. After college, he was commissioned and became a qualified Surface Warfare Officer spending the next 22 years honing his skills as a ship-handler and expert recruiter before retiring in 1994. Jeff expresses a deep sense of pride in St. Petersburg College due to connections that go back many years. His father, Tom Cavanagh, was a career Air Force fighter pilot and combat veteran who taught Geography and Western Civilization at St. Petersburg Junior College in the 60’s and 70’s.