Fordson, Edsel Ford High Schools Hold Ceremonies to Honor Veterans

Editor's note: This press release was submitted by Dearborn Public Schools.

Students, staff and community members will once again take part in an annual ceremony to honor Edsel Ford High School students who were killed while serving in the U.S. Armed Forces during the Vietnam War.

The event will take place on May 23, beginning at 7:30 a.m. in the Edsel Ford auditorium located at 20601 Rotunda Drive in Dearborn.

The ceremony will include brief comments from Dearborn Public Schools Superintendent Brian Whiston and Dearborn Mayor John B. O’Reilly, Jr. and musical selections from the Edsel Ford choir.

Presenters will read the names of the 23 former Edsel Ford students who died during the war. As each name is read, a student in the audience will stand and leave the room placing a rose near a memorial plaque located outside the auditorium. The playing of taps concludes the event.

Fordson High School will also hold a Memorial Day event beginning at 1 p.m. by the flag pole on the high school track.

The event is in memory of those that died defending the United States in all wars and conflicts overseas. The school will pay tribute to and remember the graduates from Fordson High School and those that have served the nation.

O'Reilly, Whiston, and several city and school officials will be on hand to take part in the memorial event.