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In true Burlington style, students dressed in some of their finest – many guys wearing dress shirts, coats and ties; and girls in dresses – a sea of red, white and blue as they showed their respect for the men and women who have sacrificed to serve their country. This was at Burlington School's Veterans Day Assembly.

Retired Lieutenant Colonel Deidre Gurry, U.S. Air Force spoke after watching mostly half of the student-led program where all-aged youth sang and played instruments in performances that praised veterans and America.

An especially fun performance was when the pre-K through sixth-gr...