Kids & Family

Veterans Meet with Young People at Parkway Elementary

Legislator Judy Jacobs on hand for celebration of Veteran's Day.

Plainview's Parkway Elementary School celebrated Veteran's Day by allowing young people to interact with actual veterans.

On Friday, Parkway celebrated “Bring Your Veteran to Work Day in recognition of Monday's formal holiday. Veterans were invited from all branches of the military services to speak to the students about their particular experiences.

Legislator Judy Jacobs, D-Woodbury, was in attendance. She described the students as "extremely attentive and then they sang a very special “God Bless America” to the guests."



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