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MEMORIAL DAY CELEBRATIONS

QUOTE:

“Those of us who are still breathing cannot repay the sacrifice of those who gave their lives defending us . . . at the very least, we can, and we must, remember them.”

                             - Harry Hause

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2016
The speakers
Buffalo Trooper James Freeman
Lorenzo Wilborn
Joel Romo

Essay Contest
theme:"The Cost of Freedom, what this mean to me"

2015
Keynote speaker
Joel Romo, served as a Governmental Relations Director for the Association of Texas Professional Educators and served as Assistant Director of Governmental Relations and Communications for the Texas Municipal Retirement System
He currently serves as a Board Member for the Chappell Hill Historical Society and the Brenham Independent School District’s Education Foundation Board. 

Essay contest:
"What I Learn from America's Veterans"

2014 WINNERS
Theme: "I'm Proud to Be an American"

7th Grade
1st Place:      Laura Zibilski
2nd Place:     John Olhrlein
3rd Place:     Rachelle Villegas 

5th Grade
1st Place:      Brea Sanders
2nd Place:     Danny Evans
3rd Place:     Isaiah Burton

4th Grade
1st Place:      Brooke Sanders

2014

KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Corporal Milton McNeil, U.S. Army Vietnam Era Veteran
Assigned to Fort Carson CO; participated in numerous operations in Vietnam 
during the height of the conflict.

ESSAY CONTEST 
Theme:  "Why I'm Proud to Be an American"

     Laura Zibilski (left)
     ​Kim Wade her 7th grade teacher BISD

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2013

KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Sergeant Thomas E. Wilborn, USAF Vietnam Era Veteran 
Decorations, badges, AFGCM, NSDM, RVCM and 3 times the AFM 900-3. 
Currently serving our nation through Radio Ministries, KWDF and KAGC.

ESSAY CONTEST
JaDeson Little-Perez, (Brenham Middle School), 1st Place Winner
Theme:  “What does the American Flag Mean to me?”

2012

KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Army Sergeant Willard Mayes
Fought along the beaches of Normandy on D-Day, June 1944




ESSAY CONTEST
Theme: “What Does Good Citizenship Mean to Me?”

 

2011

KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Colonel Eddie Harrison (Retired)
Retired Washington County Judge; community organizer; active member of 
Bluebonnet Blazers, Brenham Chamber of Commerce and Brenham Heritage Museum  

ESSAY CONTEST 
Theme: “What Does Memorial Day Mean to Me and my Country?”  

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2010

KEYNOTE SPEAKER    
Sergeant Mark William Benford
Served in Korea's DMZ in the 2nd Infantry Division; w/3rd Infantry division, Fort Stewart GA; 2 tours of duty in Iraq; 
Instructor, Texas Army National Guard Regional Training Institute

ESSAY CONTEST
Theme:  “What Memorial Day Mean to Me"  

2009

KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Captain Paul J. Matthews, Buffalo Soldier
Trooper, Veitnam Veteran
African American military historian;  
Founder of The Buffalo Soldier National Museum in Houston, Texas

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