Brainerd VFW
Teaching at area Schools

A good example is the Brainerd Honor Guard teaching flag folding at St. Francis of the Lakes Catholic School in Brainerd on November 15, 2023.
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(l-r) Honor Guard members Larry Christensen, Richard Schmidt, Kevin Jensen, Dave Meyer and VFW Post Historian Mark Persons.
Eighth grade student Max Wehseler read his first-place winning essay in the recent Patriot's Pen writing competition. 
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The class this day was for fifth and sixth graders.
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The one-hour class included answering questions by students asking about life in the military.
Larry Christiansen read the meaning of each of the 13 folds while the Honor Guard showed folding the American Flag. Then students got a chance to do flag folding under the guidance of the veterans.
It was pointed out that there is a flag ceremony at Mount Rushmore at each day at sunset. Veterans are invited to the stage to fold the flag.