Lloyd Ridings VFW post organizes Veterans Day ceremony
VFW Lloyd Ridings Post #6238 members Ron Anderson (left) and Dan Arnsan have breakfast with Superior Elementary School students after a flag raising ceremony on their playground on Veterans Day. (Monte Turner/Mineral Independent)
Students, teachers and administration from Superior Elementary School participate in a Veterans Day ceremony conducted by VFW Lloyd Ridings Post 6238 on Monday. The students gave the Honor Guard drawings they had made for the occasion as everyone had breakfast in the school cafeteria. (Monte Turner/Mineral Independent)
CLARKFORKVALLEYPRESS
On Monday, Nov. 11 at 0800 hours, the Veterans of Foreign Wars Lloyd Ridings Post #6238 held a small, but significant, flag assembly for Superior Elementary School on their playground.
Teachers, students and school administrators stood in orderly lines with hats removed to watch the flag being raised and then recited the Pledge of Allegiance. VFW member Ron Anderson read the history of Veterans Day as it began as Armistice Day to celebrate the agreement between the Allied nations and Germany to cease all fighting during World War I that took effect at 11 a.m. on Nov. 11, 1918. He also shared the differences between this holiday, Memorial Day, Armed Forces Day and others meant to horror those who served in the U.S. military.
Students had made "Thank you for your service" cards, drew pictures of the American flag and other drawings that they presented to the members of the Honor Guard as everyone entered the building to have breakfast together in the school cafeteria.
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