Waitsburg Veterans Thanked, Remembered

WAITSBURG - Waits­burg High School and Pres­ton Hall students honored local veterans, past and pres­ent, in an intimate celebration in the school auditorium last Friday.

As guests entered the au­ditorium, the students were quiet and respectful. Teacher Roseann Groom had col­lected photos of local veter­ans and those photos were on display in a slideshow on a large television on the stage.

Band Director Brad Green motioned to the pho­tos and told the students "These people flashing on the screen are just like you and me, but they had to go to war, sometimes just right out of high school."

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