Pekin Schools will hold its annual Veterans Day Assembly Wednesday, November 11th at 10:00 a.m. in the Pekin High School gymnasium, with students, staff, families, and community members all welcome to attend.
The program will open with the posting of the colors by the Richland American Legion, followed by the National Anthem, a history of Veterans Day, and remarks from guest speaker Dan Maeder, introduced by Larry Sobaski. Students will deliver the welcome, present the history of Veterans Day, perform Taps, read the poem “In Flanders Fields,” and handle the closing remarks. The assembly will also feature a musical tribute from the Pekin High School Band.
Veterans attending are invited to arrive early for donuts served at 9:00 a.m. in the high school commons before the assembly begins.
