Across the region, parades, ceremonies and even classrooms celebrated local veterans for Veterans Day.
On Tuesday, the Rindge Veterans Association visited Rindge Memorial School to read and teach kindergarteners about the holiday’s importance.
In Ms. Bell’s class, veterans Jeff Selander and Michael Krygowski taught the students how to address people in uniform. By the end of the visit, the students used what they learned to say goodbye to Selander and Krygowski: “Thank you for your service.”
Parade in Jaffrey
In Jaffrey, veterans marched or rode in military vehicles in the annual Veterans Day Parade, followed by a short ceremony in front of the town’s World War I “Buddy Monument” in War Memorial Park.
Reverend Mark Harris of the First Church in Jaffrey led the crowd in a short prayer. Army Veteran Dick Pastor laid a wreath in front of the monument in honor of veterans who have served.
Navy Veteran Bob Schaumann gave the address, recognizing the sacrifices of servicemen and women and their families. Schaumann served for a total of 12 years of active duty and active reserve duty. His career included serving on two Navy destroyers and as an executive officer of a Navy Reserve Mobile Inshore Undersea Warfare 201.
The service concluded with local students Eloise Langille and Amaris Ebe singing the National Anthem.
Procession in Peterborough
In Peterborough, members of the American Legion Cheney-Armstrong Post 5 led a wreath ceremony and procession to the Peterborough Town House. Young people from American Heritage Girls NH Troop 0905 and the Monadnock region Sea Cadets troops took part in the procession alongside veterans from every branch of the service.
The Monadnock Squadron of the U.S. Navy Sea Cadets led the group in the Pledge of Allegiance, and the performed the anthems of each branch of the military, followed by the American Heritage Girls singing the “Battle Hymn of the Republic.”
At the close of the ceremony, Wayne Thomas, Commander of Peterborough’s American Legion post, presented the Post Cane to South Meadow Middle School Band Director Ed Lowy in recognition of his decades of support for veterans’ activities.
