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Veterans Day 2014 Raton Middle School Style

The Young Marines posted the colors at the Raton Middle School Veterans's Day assembly.
The Young Marines posted the colors at the Raton Middle School Veterans’s Day assembly.

By Marty Mayfield

KRTN Multi-Media

The Raton Middle School honors veterans each Veteran’s Day with a breakfast and assembly in the gym and this year was no exception as students and faculty listened to guest speaker Judge Warren Walton, Captain, U.S. Army Retired. 

Walton, as the some 220 students at RMS, was a student at RMS and graduated from Raton High. Walton rose to the rank of captain and commanded a high altitude rescue team while in Alaska. Walton spoke of the freedoms that we as Americans enjoy today because of the veterans who protected those rights. Even the right to protest against our own government without retribution. 

He said we all have a duty to serve our country and spoke about his middle school teacher Jennifer Heider who spoke of her brother who served in Vietnam. He told the story of how a soldier who saved Heider’s brother by jumping on a grenade that was thrown into a small group of men waiting to be evaced out after being wounded. He went on to speak of the sacrifices that not only a soldier deals with but the family of that soldier. 

He encouraged the students to honor the sacrifices of the veterans who have given them the freedom to be students. 

 

Judge Warren Walton, Captain, U.S. Army Retired gave the Keynote address at the Raton Middle School Veteran's Assembly.
Judge Warren Walton, Captain, U.S. Army Retired gave the Keynote address at the Raton Middle School Veteran’s Assembly.

 

Students and Veteran's listened to Judge Warren Walton, Captain, U.S. Army Retired give the Keynote address where even he thanked those who served for protecting our freedoms, to drive a car wherever and when ever we wanted and even to demonstrate against our own government.
Students and Veteran’s listened to Judge Warren Walton, Captain, U.S. Army Retired give the Keynote address where even he thanked those who served for protecting our freedoms, to drive a car wherever and when ever we wanted and even to demonstrate against our own government.

 

Raton Middle School Counselor John Ward presented this plaque to Walton on behalf of the RMS Students and Faculty for his keynote address at RMS
Raton Middle School Registrar John Ward presented this plaque to Walton on behalf of the RMS Students and Faculty for his keynote address at RMS
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