Veteran's Day Ceremony

By Student Reporter Nicole Kluck

This year, at the Cedar Grove-Belgium High School annual Veteran’s Day program, the keynote speaker was Vern Arndt. His speech, which described his personal experiences in World War II, touched many of the students such as Michael O’Donnell, who turned to a his friends and said “that guy was an incredible, decorated war hero, that had plenty to say of his military life.” A 7th grade teacher, Mrs. Mersberger and two of her students, Mariah Navis and Ben Shroeder gave an interesting speech on the Pledge of Allegiance. At this program there were veterans from the Army, Marine, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard. One thing that also had a response from many people was a recording of a mother writing a letter to her son as he was being shipped out to Iraq. The letter shows that when you pray for men in the army, do not just pray for the man in the uniform, but the man also behind it. As the Veteran’s Day program was ending the men who served in the army held a rifle salute. This year’s Veteran’s Day was a true success!