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GROTTOES — When Olivia McKeever, a fifth grade student at South River Elementary School, thinks of a veteran, she thinks of an honorable and memorable person who fought for freedom.

“I think of my grandfather, who fought bravely in Vietnam, and the sacrifices he made for our country’s freedom,” she said Friday morning at the Grottoes Veterans Day ceremony. “Veterans are great people who have fought for us. I believe the courage and the strength of these men and women who have fought hard in wars is truly amazing.”

Olivia and her classmates, Josie Harper and Emily Stauffer, shared what Veterans Day means to them during the town’s annual ceremony. Elkton Middle School students Hanna Frazier, Abby Shifflett, Sutton Swecker and Isabella Zimbro presented a history of Veterans Day to the group of about 75 people, 15 of whom were veterans.

Their classmates in the Elkton Middle School band performed a patriotic parade sequence inside the Council Chambers at the Grottoes Town Hall.

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