Aiken County schools hold joint Veterans Day ceremony

WAGENER-SALLEY, S.C. (WRDW/WAGT) - Students from three schools came together Wednesday to honor veterans with a joint ceremony.

The program involved Cyril Busbee Elementary, A.L. Corbett Middle and Wagener-Salley High School. Organizers said the community is small and rural with many military families, so combining the event helped create a more meaningful tribute for veterans, their children and other relatives.

It also gave students a chance to stand side by side with family members who have served, organizers said.

Michelle Kennedy and Stephanie Adams, of A.L. Corbett Middle School, said: “It is important for our military children to feel a sense of pride in the work that their parents have done with serving in the military, and they have sacrificed a lot.”

“But the honor that comes from having served in the military, I think it is important for us to never forget that because that is a sacrifice like no other that are made,” Kennedy and Adams said. “Those are the sacrifices made from the members of our military.”

This was the first joint Veterans Day program, and leaders plan to make it an annual tradition.