HUTCHINSON, Kan. — A day to honor our veterans and a special book signing a part of day six at the Kansas State Fair. 
A complimentary brunch honoring all Veterans is being held in the Encampment Building starting at 10:30 a.m. in Dillon Hall.
Guest speakers will include Colonel Chuck Combs and Colonel Bill Talley. Col. Chuck Combs is a veteran of Iraqi Freedom, current member of the U.S. Army Reserve and member of Humana. Retired Air Force Col. Bill Talley spent 322 days as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam after his plane was shot down near Hanoi, Vietnam.
Also today author Thomas Percy will be signing copies of his book “Images of America, The Kansas State Fair” In 1913, Kansas Legislature revised the Kansas State Fair and selected Hutchinson as the event’s permanent home. Since then, hundreds of photographs and memories have been made on the Fairgrounds. Percy published “Images of America: Kansas State Fair” in 2014. The book, which includes over 200 black and white images, captures the photographic memories of thousands of fairgoers.
Though not born and raised in Kansas, Percy now teaches at Hutchinson Community College.