Veteran Tom Klecker receives a thank-you card from a student at All Saints Academy.
A student from each grade at Kennedy Community School presents each veteran with a package of thank-you cards written by their peers.
Legion Commander Chuck Kern asks students at Kennedy Community School to raise their hands if they have a veteran in their family or know someone who is currently serving in the military.
Students at All Saints Academy learned about flag folding and the meaning behind each fold in the American flag as demonstrated by American Legion Post 328 Commander Chuck Kern, and veterans Lee Eisenschenk and Jerry Reischl.
Kennedy Community School students emphatically wave flags of all sizes as they conclude singing the song, “I love America” to veterans in the audience during a veterans appreciation event that took place Nov. 19 at the school.
Kindergartners from All Saints Academy in St. Joseph stream down a hallway waving flags and proudly carrying a card they will give to the veterans during a veterans appreciation event that took place Nov. 19 at the school.
The veterans enjoyed patriotic readings and artwork from the students at All Saints Academy.
Following the flag-folding demonstration on Nov 19, Kennedy Community School Principal Laurie Putnam receives a check from the American Legion Post #328.
