Students, veterans, first responders and community leaders gathered Wednesday morning in the gymnasium at Palmer Trinity School in Palmetto Bay for the school’s 12th annual Veterans Day service.
The program included musical performances, including a patriotic anthem. The school planned to recognize veterans among its own faculty and staff, and Dr. Walter T. Richardson was scheduled to give the keynote address about his personal military service.
Several elected officials were invited, including state Sen. Alexis Calatayud, Miami-Dade County Commissioner Danielle Cohen Higgins and Palmetto Bay Mayor Karyn Cunningham. Representatives from the offices of U.S. Rep. María Elvira Salazar and state Rep. Omar Blanco also were asked to attend, along with Palmetto Bay village council members, the village manager and members of the Miami-Dade and Palmetto Bay police departments.
The school also planned to honor Cunningham as she completes her term as mayor. She has served on the school’s Community Board for a long time, and her daughter graduated from Palmer Trinity in 2008.
The ceremony was to end with a prayer for peace, followed by a breakfast reception at 9 a.m. where students, veterans and families could gather afterward.
