Elizabethtown Area School District saluted 23 local veterans during its 12th annual Veterans Day ceremony on Nov. 11. The program afforded school officials and high school students an opportunity to salute local veterans for their service to the country. It was also an opportunity for students to learn about the contributions that veterans have made and learn about the meaning of the day.
Elizabethtown Area School District board president Terry Seiders and Elizabethtown Borough Mayor Chuck Mummert joined superintendent of schools Michele Balliet in thanking the veterans who had gathered for the program in the high school auditorium. All five branches of the military - Army, Air Force, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, and Navy - were represented among the veterans who gathered for the ceremony.
High school seniors Abigail Dehmey, Alexander Hartman, Joseph Sikora, Andrew Telenko, and Winston Williams also took part in the program along with the high school marching band. The students took turns delivering the invocation, presenting the history of taps, playing taps, reading a brief history of Veterans Day, and reading a tribute poem to the veterans. The marching band also performed the national anthem.
During her remarks, Balliet challenged the more than 150 high school students in attendance to never forget the sacrifices of veterans both past and present.
The honorees were as follows, by military branch: Air Force veterans Richard Adams, John Bolen, Donald Feiler, James Hanley, Dan Helm, William Moir, and W. Fred Orth; Army veterans Clyde Barnhart, Ronald Flory, Mark Klepping, Suzanne Smith, Wayne Stoeffler, and William Vogelsong; Coast Guard veteran Ann Edwards; Marine Corps veterans Jacob Kadilak, Bob Kane, Robert Murphy, Jason Potts, and James Read; Navy veterans Kenneth Burke, Daniel Serfass, and Thomas Wood; and Marines, Air Force, and Air National Guard veteran Jess Durham.
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