{"id":129945,"date":"2025-11-11T15:06:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T20:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/riverheadnewsreview.timesreview.com\/?p=129945"},"modified":"2025-11-11T15:06:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T20:06:14","slug":"riley-avenue-elementary-hosts-first-veterans-appreciation-walk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/riverheadnewsreview.timesreview.com\/2025\/11\/129945\/riley-avenue-elementary-hosts-first-veterans-appreciation-walk\/","title":{"rendered":"Riley Avenue Elementary hosts first Veterans Appreciation Walk"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Flags and banners decorated the halls at Riley Avenue Elementary as students and veterans gathered for the school&#8217;s first Veterans Appreciation Walk on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each banner featured the name, image and branch of service of a local veteran.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The veterans met with student ambassadors and their children or grandchildren in the cafeteria to hear the high school band play patriotic songs. Then the student ambassadors led them through the halls while the other kids waved flags and sang a song of appreciation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Riley Avenue Elementary hosts first Veterans Appreciation Walk\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UAXjd2FMf8M?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/riverheadnewsreview.timesreview.com\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Credit: Amanda Olsen footage\/Angela Colangelo edit<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are so appreciative of [Principal Gary Karlson] bringing us to Riley. This has been such an honor,\u201d said Erica Murphy of Manorville, a retired Air Force senior master sergeant and current board of education president. \u201cI love that the kids get to see the veterans and connect with people in the community they may not know have served.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ms. Murphy has participated in several Veteran\u2019s Day events in the district. She and her husband, Michael, a retired senior master sergeant from both the Air National Guard and the Air Force, walked along with their daughter, Charlotte.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPeople forget that the military is a volunteer position, you don\u2019t have to work there. Being able to make that choice. \u2026 It was right after 9\/11 that I decided to enlist and make the country a little safer for everyone here,&#8221; said Ms. Murphy. &#8220;It means so much to feel the love and appreciation for that.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Angel Velez, of Calverton, served as one of the student ambassadors. 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(Credit: Amanda Olsen)<\/span>\n\t  \t<\/div>\n\t\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the first veterans walk for <a href=\"https:\/\/riverheadnewsreview.timesreview.com\/2025\/10\/129567\/riley-avenue-students-pilot-drones-during-high-flying-assembly\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Riley Avenue Elementary<\/a>, a program Mr. Karlson brought with him when he came to lead the school this year. He first began connecting veterans with his students as a teacher at Roanoke around ten years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr. Karlson\u2019s father-in-law, Barry Gilmore, a Vietnam War veteran, had always been tight-lipped about his experiences in the past, but after Mr. Karlson\u2019s questions, he began to open up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI came across some of his artifacts in his home, and I was asking him questions. My mother-in-law, my wife, my sister-in-law, all said, \u2018You know, it&#8217;s awesome that he talked to you about it, because it wasn&#8217;t a topic of conversation in our house growing up,\u2019\u201d&nbsp;Mr. Karlson said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr. Karlson invited Mr. Gilmore to meet with the kids in his class and talk about what it means to be a veteran. This evolved into a grade-level event called \u201cHeros with Heroes\u201d where students would have sandwiches with the veterans. Later, during COVID, the event was a webinar that spanned multiple schools.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI think of a family member or a veteran who spends time in our school is changed, too.&nbsp;\u2029We&#8217;re changed and they&#8217;re changed, and it&#8217;s all in a non-predetermined way, but education is supposed to make us different, right? 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