Ron Kellner’s appreciation for Veterans Day began long before he served in the U.S. military or helped lead — as he is today — a Veterans Day program for the American Legion. “I learned a lot from my grandfather about Armistice Day and what it really meant,” said Kellner, a Vietnam War veteran and vice commander of Gainesville’s Paul E. Bolding Post 7. “And there was always a parade, and we went on a family picnic.