 Well, as a hero's welcome for veterans in Kelley or as students honored America's heroes in this week's community spotlight or Josh Peterson Shows us how after 50 years Vietnam veterans were officially welcomed home In Kelley or the schools have always held a special Veterans Day program with every branch of the military represented However, this year this group of Vietnam veterans were officially welcomed home and thanked for their service We have quite a few veterans and RVFW post that were in Vietnam So we decided that we would do it so we became a commemorative partner with the Vietnam Commemoration Board through song And in their own words, maybe we owe them for not being extra ordinary but for being extraordinary Students thanked and shared their thoughts some give up their families some give up their schooling some give up their jobs They gave it all up to fight if we didn't have the brave people protecting us The things in our country would be a lot worse and different each veteran's name was read aloud And each were presented with a letter a pin and later arose thanking them for their service leaving each veteran feeling proud Especially after being saluted by the entire student body. I thought it did They did a real nice job Mr. Afield When he had the kids stand up and showed them how to stand at attention and salute I got a I Enjoyed that for these veterans each felt proud and uplifted while also hopeful for the next generation I think that they they showed a lot of respect today the student body and They were very attentive and Respectful and what we have in this country. It's only been through Through the difficulties of oars that we've been able to develop the country that we have now in a land That is home of the free we remember the brave and continue to honor them through the red white and blue With this week's community spotlight in Kellier Josh Peterson Lakeland news If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland news, please consider making a tax deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS