JHS students honor veterans with ceremony

Tue, 11/12/2019 - 3:16 pm

Members of the Jacksboro High School Band as part of the Veterans’ Day program Monday morning. The band is remembering the Lost Battalion, a group of Jack County men lost during World War II. Photo/Brian Smith

Jacksboro ISD honored city and area veterans Monday morning with a Veterans’ Day program at Tiger Gymnasium.

Students, JISD staff, Jacksboro High School teachers and students and veterans filled the home side of the gym. JHS Student Council officer Hailey Milam thanked everyone for coming, saying the students and staff wanted to honor and thank all who had served the country with their program.

Jacksboro High’s band had been honoring the Lost Battalion, a group of World War II veterans from Jack County who were thought to be lost during the last years of the war in Japan. The band did their spirited halftime performance in the gym.

For the full story, see the Wednesday, Nov. 13, edition of The Jacksboro Herald-Gazette.