St. Joseph High School’s Interact Club held its annual Veterans Day Assembly Nov. 11 in Conway. Interact Club board chairman Lily Vaughn led the event, followed by club members Aimsley Davis, Gabe Washum, Izzie Garrett, Bailey Pope and Leif Westmoreland, who led prayers, detailed the origins of Veterans Day and explained why veterans should be revered.
Three members of St. Joseph’s Girl Scout Troop, Izzy Simon, Amelia Erstine and Brileigh Choate, presented and retired the colors while middle school students, under the direction of Dr. Liana Tyson, sang “The Star Spangled Banner,” “Those Who Served” and “You’re A Grand Old Flag.”
The guest speaker was retired Navy Captain Elizabeth Grasmuck, who spent 21 years in the Navy’s Medical Corps and served as a Marine flight surgeon and as a pathologist for Naval Hospitals in North Carolina and Japan. She spoke about the opportunities her military career gave her and the willingness veterans have had to put their lives on the line in defense of our country and way of life.
