Video: Lowville Academy Recognizes District Veterans With Ceremony

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Video: Lowville Academy Recognizes District Veterans With Ceremony

November 08, 2019 12:15 p.m. By: Nick Altmire

owville, NY-

Lowville Academy & Central School held a ceremony this morning

recognizing Veterans who have graduated from the district, in honor of Veteran's

Day on Monday, November 11.

Flags honoring each district Veteran have been placed on the front lawn at the

school throughout the week. Each of the 304 flags placed include the name,

graduating class and service branch of the Veteran on the flag staff.

During the ceremony, students read the name of each known Veteran. The

student readers included Alyssa Spence, Bryanna Hoppel, Colton Friedersdorf,

Kirstin Moser, Meredith Lovenduski and Romeyn Noftsier. The ceremony started

with Briona Mahoney leading the Pledge of Allegiance, followed by the reading

on the history of Veterans Day by Jared Beyer.

Dennis Everson from the VFW, Mike Nuffer from the Marice Corps League and

Lee Hinkleman with the American Legion were on hand for the ceremony, placing

a flag at the memorial stone for Matt Cannan. Student Ashley Eves played a

rendition of Taps.

The ceremony concluded with the High School Select Chorus singing the

National Anthem.

There will be a

on Monday, November 11 at 11 a.m. at

the Veterans Memorial Park in Lowville, where the public is encouraged to attend.

Full video from this morning's ceremony at Lowville Academy is included below.