Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Kimball High School's New Dimension group performed at the Veterans Day ceremony and sang "The Glory."
The senior civics class and the Kimball community treated Kimball area veterans to a special Veterans Day.
Master of Ceremonies Charolette Hargreaves and Emma Patterson introduced the participants to the Nov. 11 event in the high school auditorium.
Mary Lynch, fourth-, fifth- and sixth-graders sang the Armed Forces Salute, followed by the New Dimension group singing "The Glory," and Jayden Paxton played "Taps."
Keynote Speaker Tony Baker, a retired Army colonel who was deployed overseas multiple times, shared a few thoughts about Veterans Day, which initially was called Remembrance Day following World War I – "the war to end all wars."
"American always stepped up," Baker said. "Americans were always willing to send our sons and daughters into harm's way."
He said Americans are fundamentally good people despite the country's politicians.
The events concluded with a "Reading of the Names," and a resounding rendition of "God Bless the U.S.A."
Veterans also were treated to lunch.
