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Lyme-Old Lyme Schools Celebrate Veterans Day with Music, Memories, Speeches and Smiles

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At Lyme School, a special Town Meeting was held to honor Veterans Day. All photos courtesy of Region 18.

LYME/OLD LYME — It was a memorable day in Lyme-Old Lyme (LOL) Schools on Friday.

Rather than taking a vacation day on Veterans Day as many schools now opt to do, LOL Schools chose to celebrate Veterans Day with in-house events at each school that drove home the important messages of the day while also honoring local US Veterans and serving members of the US military.

Old Lyme First Selectman Tim Griswold attended the ceremonies at the middle and high schools, but was unable to join those at Lyme Consolidated and Mike Creek.

Expressing his disappointment at the latter situation, Griswold commented to LymeLine by email, ”Congrats to District 18 for being in session and honoring the vets!”

A member of the military addressed the students at Lyme-Old Lyme High School.
The Veterans Day Assembly was eagerly awaited by students at Mile Creek School.
The Lyme-Old Lyme Middle School Band played some stirring songs.
Serving members of the military attended the breakfast and assembly at Lyme-Old Lyme Middle School.
Patriotic colors of red, white and blue were on show everywhere!
US Army Colonel (Retd.) David Lahm speaks to students at Lyme School.
Richard Mason, Commander of VFW Post 1467, spoke to an All-School Assembly at Lyme-Old Lyme High School.

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    • Our apologies for not having your name in the original article, Richard. We have now made the correction.