 sen emmons and mcdonald s announce free apple pies for michigan veterans sen emmons and mcdonald s announce free apple pies for michigan veterans lansing mdash sen judy emmons and local mcdonald s officials announced on thursday that they will be partnering to offer free apple pies to michigan veterans at the mcdonald rsquo s in st johns on veterans day our moms our flag and apple pie they all stand for america but no one stands stronger than our veterans said emmons rsheridan on veterans day mcdonald rsquo s and i want to honor all military veterans by offering them a free apple pie at the mcdonald s in st johns our veterans are real american heroes and offering them a free apple pie is a simple way to express our deep appreciation for their service the free apples pies will be given out from 1030 am to 11 pm on veterans day to any veteran with proof of their military service this is the first year we are putting on the event however i plan on making this an annual tradition and expand it to additional mcdonald rsquo s locations next year emmons said this is the latest expression by emmons honoring the sacrifice made by america s veterans in september the michigan senate approved her bill to allow schools to award a high school diploma to veterans who served in the vietnam war instead of completing high school emmons also recently supported legislation to allow returning veterans to get credit for the skills and experience they acquired through military service for purposes of professional licensure as an emergency medical technician firefighter boiler operator and stationary engineer mechanical contractor and residential builder editor rsquo s note ndash audio comments by sen emmons are available on the senator s webpage at wwwsenatorjudyemmonscom  click on audio under the media center tab to see the free pie veterans   day flyer click on this link    clinton county 2013g  