North Clarion plans Veterans Day program Nov. 10

From staff reports

North Clarion School District will hold its annual Veterans Day assembly at 1 p.m. Friday, Nov. 10, in the high school gymnasium and at Veterans Memorial Park located between the high school and elementary buildings.

The Junior Historian officers are sponsoring and presiding over the assembly.

Tim Nicewonger, a veteran, will be the keynote speaker.

Students from the elementary and high schools will participate by singing patriotic songs and reciting poems to honor the veterans.

At the conclusion of the assembly, guests and students will gather outside at the North Clarion Veterans Park area for a special ceremony to honor deceased local veterans.

The ceremony will also include the laying of a wreath by members of VFW Post 2145, a gun salute and posting of colors presented by members of American Legion Post 66, and the playing of Taps by a North Clarion student.

The North Clarion Veterans Memorial was built and dedicated in 2001. It contains bricks with names inscribed on them of local deceased veterans.

The bricks are arranged according to their respective eras and wars.

Junior Historian officers will also host a luncheon for veterans at noon in the high school library prior to the assembly.

The assembly is open to the public.