Cutter Morning Star held its annual Veterans Day event last Wednesday with Maj. Gen. Kendall W. Penn, the adjutant general of the Arkansas National Guard, as the guest speaker.
"Cutter Morning Star was honored to have Gen. Penn speak to our students and staff on Veterans Day. We were also happy to have local veterans attend and be recognized as well. Every year Cutter Morning Star honors our veterans by hosting a Veterans Day assembly," Superintendent Nancy Anderson said.
"We are dedicated to teaching our students to honor and respect those that have fought for all of us so that we might enjoy the freedoms afforded to us by their sacrifices. We want our students to recognize and appreciate how great it is to live in America. (Vicki) Philipp, (a CMS high school teacher), always does a fantastic job putting this assembly together for us," she said.
The purpose of the annual event is to inform students and the community about the men and women who serve the country through the military.
Penn said that the nation was founded in conflict, by people who were tired of the English military and took up arms and kicked them out of the country, noting that the nation is now called the United States.
"Since that day in 1776, we've always had a standing army, and been involved in a lot of different wars," he said.
Penn said in April 1917 World War I started because of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary, a conflict that led to the deaths of over 9 million soldiers and 7 million civilians.
"It was such a terrible blow to the way the world saw itself so that when the war ended on Nov. 11, 1918, it became a worldwide holiday known as Armistice Day," he said.
Penn said 20 years later World War II started, leading to more deaths. President Dwight D. Eisenhower changed the name from Armistice Day to Veterans Day.
"We recognize all who fought and served. ... Veterans Day is a holiday of remembrance. When we talk about Veterans Day, we often hear terms about always remembering, the sacrifice and never forgetting," he said.
Penn said citizens can live up to the promise to veterans that they will never be forgotten by asking them about their stories from the military, having programs/classes and participating in the two-minute moment of silence at 11 a.m. each day.
"(Moment of Silence) is a very simple way where you can sit back, quietly meditate and quietly think about all the veterans who have died for us," he said.
Penn said that there are over 252,000 veterans in Arkansas and that there is a good chance that there are citizens that are related to veterans or know someone that is a veteran.
"Chances are they can tell you some pretty good stories," he said.
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