Hannah Adams ’23
EE Editor-in-Chief
On November 11, this past Veteran’s Day, the class of 2023 gathered in the THS auditorium for a shared commemoration of the soldiers and veterans in the Trumbull community who have bravely served our country.
Twenty-five local veterans, accompanied by THS graduate Jake Moffat, attended the event to help teach and convey the importance of honoring our soldiers on Veteran’s Day, emphasizing that no service is insignificant.
Each veteran was given the opportunity to speak about their time in military service, with each one receiving well-deserved applause from the students. Veterans also answered students’ questions about communication between different countries, and how we as a community can best honor our veterans.
Using poetry from Maya Angelou and John McCrae, keynote speaker Dave Sacco expressed his intense gratitude in an impassioned speech to the students, with a notable oration of “In Flanders Field” to express the emotional and symbolic significance of the poppies that soldiers wear on Veteran’s Day.
Alongside Sacco’s speech, Trumbull High School’s Chambers choir group performed three ballads to honor the veterans, with beautiful renditions of the “Star-Spangled Banner,” “Thank You, Soldiers,” and “God Bless America,” a wonderful tribute to those who served our country.
“I stood upon the shoulders of your great-grandparents,” Sacco said while discussing the achievements of the “Greatest Generation,” those that survived the Great Depression and went on to fight in World War II, bringing light to those who fought and died in combat, and “gave up their tomorrows for our today.”
Assemblies like this one ensure that we as a school collectively honor and remember those that have served and are currently serving our country, keeping in mind that our todays are preserved and maintained by the sacrifices of our veterans.