{"id":5764,"date":"2011-12-12T11:40:39","date_gmt":"2011-12-12T19:40:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.57.196.122\/~gdatwofo\/theavtimes\/?p=5764"},"modified":"2011-12-12T19:53:39","modified_gmt":"2011-12-13T03:53:39","slug":"students-take-part-in-wreaths-across-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2011\/12\/12\/students-take-part-in-wreaths-across-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Students take part in Wreaths Across America"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Brinna Petland (L) and Taylor Lee (R) placed holiday wreaths on veterans' graves at the Palmdale Cemetery Saturday as part of Wreaths Across America.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

PALMDALE \u2013 About two dozen students from the Shadow Hills Intermediate School Builders Club took time from holiday festivities this weekend to pay tribute to military men and women who gave their lives for their country.<\/p>\n

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Justin Brewer took part in Wreaths Across America.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThis is not something that we have to do,\u201d said Shadow Hills student Justin Brewer.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s actually an honor and a privilege for us to do this.\u201d<\/p>\n

The students joined about 30 residents at the Palmdale Cemetery Saturday as part of Wreaths Across America, a national event that recognizes the service and sacrifice of veterans by honoring them with a wreath at their graves during the holidays. The Shadow Hills Builders Club helped generate wreath sponsorships for the 33 veterans interred at the Palmdale Cemetery.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s very important to lay these wreaths because we\u2019re not only honoring them, but we\u2019re showing them that they\u2019re not forgotten even though they are deceased,\u201d said Shadow Hills 7th<\/sup> grader Brinna Petland.<\/p>\n

The Wreaths Across America ceremony in Palmdale began about 9 a.m. with the Pledge of Allegiance, a Moment of Silence to honor the fallen, and a brief appreciation ceremony, which included guest speakers Jeff McElfresh of Buck McKeon\u2019s office, Lancaster Cemetery District Trustee Dave Owen, Palmdale School District Superintendent Roger Gallizzi, and Palmdale School District Trustee Sandy Corrales-Eneix.<\/p>\n

Students also shared what they learned about patriotism and the veterans community.<\/p>\n

Following the ceremony, students carefully laid holiday wreaths upon each headstone in the cemetery.<\/p>\n

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(L to R) Dave Owens, Jeff McElfresh, Roger Gallizzi, and Sandy Corrales-Eneix spoke at the Wreaths Across America ceremony in Palmdale Saturday.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cI\u2019m able to serve them in a way that they served me,\u201d said Shadow Hills 7th<\/sup> grader Taylor Lee. \u201cTo do something important for them as they did for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Veteran, Angel Cubero, attended the ceremony with his son Kristian, and said the event was especially important for his son, given the family history.<\/p>\n

\u201cMyself, his grandfather, and his great-grandfather, we\u2019ve all served, so he has a long tradition of military personnel in his family,\u201d said Angel Cubero of his son. \u201cHe knows first hand the sacrifices the veterans have made for this country so the people in this country can enjoy the freedoms they have, and it has become important to him to honor them.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI just want to give back and say thanks to the people who literally died for us,\u201d said Kristian Cubero.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Student Justin Brewer said while he felt honored and privileged to take part in a ceremony honoring veterans, the event was only a starting point for giving thanks.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think this is really the start of giving back for what they\u2019ve done for us,\u201d Brewer said. \u201cThey sacrificed their lives for our freedom, and I don\u2019t think this is enough, this is barely the first step.”<\/p>\n

Corrales-Eneix hoped more students would follow the example of Shadow Hills Intermediate School.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m hoping that the children here today are going to be an example, they\u2019re going to be models for the rest of our students in our school district ,\u201d said Corrales-Eneix. \u201cI think we are growing a wonderful generation of kids here today.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Palmdale Ceremony was one of two ceremonies taking place in the Antelope Valley Saturday as part of Wreaths Across America. Another ceremony was held, simultaneously, at the Lancaster Cemetery and was headed by cemetery manager Dayle DeBry.<\/p>\n

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PALMDALE \u2013 About two dozen students from the Shadow Hills Intermediate School Builders Club took time from holiday festivities this weekend to pay tribute to military men and women who gave their lives for their country. \u201cThis is not something that we have to do,\u201d said Shadow Hills student Justin Brewer.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s actually an honor […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5770,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[29,11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5764"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5764"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5764\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}