Learning from those who served: Residents lend an ear to veterans’ stories at 2 area events
When Jim Turner used to have his students interview people who had lived through war, he noticed they learned things that weren’t in textbooks.
The anecdotes, people and ways of life that the students heard went beyond the names and dates on the pages.
“When kids hear it from someone they know, it touches them,” said the former West Fork U.S. history teacher.
About 35 years ago, he started to have his students plan and carry out their own program for Veterans Day that would honor veterans and their experiences in whatever way they saw fit.
Read the full article in the November 19 edition of the papers.
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