The annual Veterans Day Program and recognition at the Caldwell County Elementary School was held Tuesday morning in the school gym.
The 5th-grade students prepare and present a program for any veterans that attend, which includes special music, historical dates and facts, and information about military service. There is also a slide show containing pictures of family and friends of the elementary students and staff. After the program, a breakfast is served in the school cafeteria for any student and veteran family member who has signed up to participate. The entire student body at the elementary school, plus veterans and family members, attends the program.
Special guest speakers for the program were married veteran couple Andrew Lane and Jennifer Martin Lane, who have a son in the 5th grade at the school. Andrew said he had served in the Army for over half of his life.
click to download audioJennifer Martin Lane noted that you can serve in many ways.
click to download audioDuring breakfast time, some veterans shared about their service and the morning program. Fayne Davenport was grateful for the program.
click to download audioChad Childress joined the Army right after high school.
click to download audioPat Wright served in the military police.
click to download audioSeth P’Pool looks forward to the program every year.
click to download audioWhen the breakfast was concluded, the veterans lined up their vehicles in front of the Elementary School for a parade around the school campus, where students from every school gathered outside to wave at and clap for the veterans as they drove by each school. The high school later offered a lunch meal for the veterans.
