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Union Mill Gets Patriotic

School News and Notes

Falls Church News Press
03.05.08

Celebrating Freedom and Supporting the Men and Women Who Protect It, a two week long program celebrating what freedom means and providing support to the Fisher House at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, is under way at Union Mill Elementary.

Fisher House is a home away from home for family members of the military who are hospitalized at Walter Reed for injury or illness.

Union Mill students are creating essays, poems and artwork demonstrating what freedom means to them. Students, along with their families, are collecting donations as well for Fisher House. Speakers who will talk about freedom and the sacrifices made by members of the military to defend the U.S. will be featured on the school's morning announcements, including family members on active duty or retired from military service, school staff members who emigrated from foreign countries and community members.

The patriotic theme will be incorporated into art and music lessons during the period, and a freedom assembly is scheduled for Thursday, March 6, with guest speakers, patriotic music and a presentation to Fisher House representatives.

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