<body><div>APPLETON, Wis. (WBAY) — Students at Einstein Middle School are hosting a free breakfast Wednesday to honor veterans on Veterans Day.Students will also have the chance to talk with veterans and learn about their experiences in the service.<figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2YYssL_1Gyfp2cD00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2YYssL_1Gyfp2cD00" width="1300" height="720" ><figcaption>Veterans Day display at Einstein Middle School in Appleton (WBAY)</figcaption></figure>The breakfast is open to any veteran in the community. Students can invite veterans they know, but any veteran can attend for free.This year’s program will focus on food in the military and how things have changed over time. An eighth grade panel discussion will follow.<figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=4FqqDu_1Gyfp2cD00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=4FqqDu_1Gyfp2cD00" width="1300" height="975" ><figcaption>Veterans and students eat together at a special breakfast at Appleton's Einstein Middle School (WBAY)</figcaption></figure><h2>Why the event matters</h2>Ennis said the school wants to recognize veterans and appreciate their sacrifice.“It’s just important to recognize our veterans,” Ennis said. “Many veterans were never recognized when they came home from Vietnam, for instance, and it shouldn’t take 30 years to say thank you.”Everett Matter, a student, said veterans have given a lot for the country.“They just sacrificed so much for us, for this country, through hard work and perseverance,” Everett said.<h2>Food in the military</h2>This year’s program will focus on food in the military and how things have changed over time.Tyler Brokl, a student, said students recently tried prepackaged military meals in a lesson.<figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=4aMvMe_1Gyfp2cD00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=4aMvMe_1Gyfp2cD00" width="1300" height="975" ><figcaption>Veterans Day display at Einstein Middle School in Appleton (WBAY)</figcaption></figure>“It was definitely weird seeing how the military eats that almost every day,” Tyler said. “We try the spaghetti and meatballs. It was very bland, but overall it was very good.”Tyler said the lesson made him think about meals at home.“I feel really grateful that my mom makes home-cooked meals,” Tyler said.<h2>Taps</h2>Students will perform TAPS for veterans at the school’s program.Jack Hintz, a student, said TAPS is a way to honor veterans.“TAPS is kind of like the salute to the veterans through song,” Hintz said. “And it’s very important. And that’s the way that we honor them mainly here at Einstein in our program.”<h2>Bricks and posters honor veterans</h2>Ennis said the school honors veterans in the community with bricks displayed at the school.“One thing that Einstein Middle School continues to do is honor veterans in the community, particularly alumni of the school, by honoring any alumni or staff with personalized bricks that are on display here in honor of their service,” Ennis said.The school’s art department and students have made the bricks over the years.Ennis said the school asked parents to write in with information about students who are now in the military. One of the school’s principals, James Huggins, also served in the military, she said.<figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0eZbUq_1Gyfp2cD00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0eZbUq_1Gyfp2cD00" width="1300" height="975" ><figcaption>Veterans Day display at Einstein Middle School in Appleton (WBAY)</figcaption></figure>“We’re still looking for names of individuals who have recently started in the service,” Ennis said. She said the names are for former Einstein students and staff.Ennis said there is also a project this year to display posters on the wall. The posters can be about veterans students know.“We always ask students to honor their grandparents, their parents, aunts and uncles,” Ennis said. “Anyone that they know that is in the military or has been in the military.”<figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=1SRZnE_1Gyfp2cD00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1SRZnE_1Gyfp2cD00" width="1300" height="975" ><figcaption>Veterans and students eat together at a special breakfast at Appleton's Einstein Middle School (WBAY)</figcaption></figure>Ennis said those featured on the wall include a former school resource officer, a former principal, a former teacher and many students and grandparents who have served in the military.The breakfast is in its 24th year at the school.</div></body>

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