Benjamin Rush Elementary News Today

The American experiment of self-rule under God will not last forever if so many Americans don’t realize the price paid for the freedoms they so cavalierly take for granted.

Around this time of year, when we remember our veterans, grade-school children in a Washington state school won’t be taught to honor those who have served our country. Instead of a Veterans Day celebration, the school will have a peace and tolerance assembly. The school-wide gathering scheduled for November 15th this year at Benjamin Rush Elementary in Redmond, Washington will apparently leave out any acknowledgment of Veterans Day.

Around this time of year, when we remember our veterans, grade-school children in a Washington state school won't be taught to honor those who have served our country. Instead of a Veterans Day celebration, the school will have a peace and tolerance assembly. The school-wide gathering scheduled for Nov. 15 this year at Benjamin Rush…

 

The administration of Benjamin Rush Elementary in the Lake Washington School District decided to replace Veteran's Day with a “Peace Assembly," and an "International Day of Tolerance." KTTH: In place of the Veterans Day assembly, the school’s administration opted to recognize the

In place of the Veteran's Day assembly, the school's administration opted to recognize the International Day of Tolerance on November 15.

(TODD STARNES) – A Washington State elementary school is replacing Veteran’s Day with a so-called “Peace Assembly.” In past years, Benjamin Rush Elementary held a lovely Veteran’s Day assembly. It featured choral performances of “It’s a Grand Old Flag,” “This Land is Your Land” and the Star-Spangled Banner. But our good friend Jason Rantz, of…