Stories from Monday, November 11, 2013

SIKESTON - For 20 years now, Sikeston-area veterans have gathered with students at Sikeston High School to observe Veterans Day. While the day may have its origins reaching back to World War I, Monday's ceremony sought to bring the meaning of service and sacrifice into context for the young people from their involvement of greeting guests at the door with small American and POW flags to the performance by students of the patriotic music and holding the service flags as the anthems were played for the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and Coast Guard as the members stood for recognition.. ...