Veterans Day and School Activities

Veterans Day Information for Schools -

This is information you may want to pass along to your children or grandchildren, or send a letter to their Schools and the editor of your local paper and let them know this is available.
The 2008 Veterans Day teacher resource guide is now online. Parents and educators can download the guide as a PDF file from the VA Web site:
http://www.va.gov/opa/vetsday/index.asp.
The guide includes: suggested activities for Veterans Day (such as a school assembly, musical performance, or flag-raising ceremony); information on how to contact veterans service organizations and staff at VA medical centers, benefits offices, and National Cemeteries; information for older students including handouts on the origins of Veterans Day, the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, statistics on America’s wars, and scholarships; and subjects for younger students such as a Veterans Day maze and coloring pages. The guide, along with a Veterans Day poster, is being distributed on CD-ROM to principals at 118,000 schools nationwide. America’s veterans have shaped our history. Let’s share their example of courage and sacrifice with future generations.[/color][/size]