HIS Kids ceremony honors veterans
JEFFERSON TWP — Veterans of all ages and all branches of the military were recognized in a ceremony Thursday at HIS Kids Christian School.
Eighteen veterans were invited to the event by their children or grandchildren who attend the school at 650 Saxonburg Road.
Sixty-five students in grades kindergarten through sixth grade, as well as seven preschool students in the school’s parking lot, recited the Pledge of Allegiance along with the veterans, listened to a Prison of War/Missing in Action remembrance service and serenaded their guests with their version of Lee Greenwood's “God Bless the USA.”
Students also presented their invitees with homemade thank-you cards.
“The veterans were invited by students. They are family members, a grandparent, an aunt or an uncle. This is a our sixth year of doing this,” principal Carol Novy said. “The kids have practiced their song, ‘God Bless the USA,’ the last few weeks and have been making cards for the veterans.
“Other cards will go to veterans in the VA hospital or Concordia. Some are going to Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. We know someone who was just deployed there,” said Novy.
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