<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=06zfuk_1GzsXSbm00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=06zfuk_1GzsXSbm00" width="1280" height="720" ><figcaption>Throughout the day--many ceremonies took place across the Valley. The Struthers community recognized local veterans outside the high school's war memorial. This included one former student who received the purple heart after he was injured twice in Iraq.</figcaption></figure><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3WTAkE_1GzsXSbm00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3WTAkE_1GzsXSbm00" width="1907" height="985" ></figure>The Struthers community gathered at the War Memorial at Struthers High School for a Veterans Day ceremony Wednesday, Nov. 11.Veterans at the event were honored one branch at a time as the Struthers High School band played the Armed Forces Medley.The event was hosted by former assistant high school football coach and girls’ basketball coach John Grandy, who is also a veteran.<figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2OrxUT_1GzsXSbm00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2OrxUT_1GzsXSbm00" width="1907" height="980" ></figure>Struthers resident Jeremiah Hill, a two-time Purple Heart recipient, served as the event’s guest speaker, where he discussed his time with the Marine Corps during the Iraq War.“The way there, we were a bunch of hard, motivated Marines getting to do what we were trained to do, but on the way back, you could hear a pin drop on the plane, and the reason was because the seats were half full,” he said during his speech.Hill received two Purple Heart Medals after he was injured twice while deployed in Iraq.He adds that anytime someone thanks him for his service, he tells them ‘It was an honor.’Hill says the best way to honor veterans is to celebrate Veterans Day with family and friends, such as a cookout.“A lot of people say that ‘on Veterans Day, or even Memorial Day, ‘well, it’s a somber day,’ listen, coming from a combat Marine, we should celebrate those days, because that’s how we remember their lives; we remember the sacrifices that they made,” he said.Host John Grandy says the best way to show gratitude to veterans is to vote and engage in civic participation.“Because those freedoms weren’t free, but that you have them, exercise them, if you don’t vote, then shame on you, because a veteran worked so you could vote,” he said. “If you don’t protest, and it’s a need to protest, and do it peacefully, then you’re letting a veteran down.”</div></body>

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The Struthers community gathered at the War Memorial at Struthers High School for a Veterans Day ceremony Wednesday, Nov. 11. Veterans at the event were honored one branch at a time as the Struthers High School band played the Armed Forces Medley. The event was hosted by former assistant high...

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The Struthers community gathered at the War Memorial at Struthers High School for a Veterans Day ceremony Wednesday, Nov. 11. Veterans at the event were ho

Struthers honors local veterans at high school

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