EF Middle School hosts 24th annual Veterans Day assembly
Photos by MVI Staff Photographer Jeff Helsel
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Elizabeth Forward Middle School hosted its 24th annual Veterans Day assembly Wednesday in the school gymnasium. This year’s theme was, “What a Veteran Taught me about America”.
The school hosted Blaine Hill VFW Post 7632 and American Legion Post 553 to present the POW/MIA ceremony and the Table of Honor and Remembrance Ceremony. Many community veterans and their families were also in attendance. Following the assembly, the guests were treated to refreshments in the iCreate Studio.
Retired Lt. Cmdr. Rick Elster, past lieutenant commander of Blaine Hill VFW Post 7632, salutes the American flag during the Pledge of Allegiance at the assembly.
Members of the Elizabeth Forward Middle School seventh and eighth-grade chorus perform “We Honor You” during the school’s 24th annual Veterans Day assembly.
Guest speaker William “Bill” Roland Jr., national surgeon general of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and past Pennsylvania VFW state commander, delivers remarks during the assembly.
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Guest speaker William (Bill) Roland Jr., national surgeon general of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and past Pennsylvania VFW state commander, left, joins members of Blaine Hill VFW Post 7632 in saluting the American flag during the Pledge of Allegiance at Elizabeth Forward Middle School’s 24th annual Veterans Day assembly Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2026.
Veteran Michael Cherepko, a member of Blaine Hill VFW Post 7632, carries the American flag as part of the color guard’s retirement of the colors at the conclusion of Elizabeth Forward Middle School’s annual Veterans Day assembly.
