HEART ART; VALENTINES TO THANK HEROES.Byline: Annette Burget Bailey Daily News Staff Writer Eight-year-old Jaime Henderson thought of the great-grandfather she never knew as she worked on her intricate red and pink Valentine Valentine a true friend and constant lover. [Br. Lit.: Two Gentlemen of Verona] See : Faithfulness on Tuesday. ``My great-grandfather was in World War II - but I never got to know him, so this is for him,'' she said. Jaime, along with her 17 third-grade classmates Classmates can refer to either:
After the cards pass a final inspection, the Valentines will be sent out to the West Los Angeles
``We'll send them out today or tomorrow, to ensure they'll get the greetings before Valentine's Day Valentine's Day: see Saint Valentine's Day. Valentine's Day Lovers' holiday celebrated on February 14, the feast day of St. Valentine, one of two 3rd-century Roman martyrs of the same name. St. ,'' said room mother Lisa Yaldezian. Yaldezian got the idea for the project after reading an Anne Lander's column about ``Valentine's for Vets.'' It's a nationwide school effort to show patients in veterans hospitals that they aren't forgotten and to teach youngsters about the hospitalized veterans. Third-grade teacher Bernie Honey knows firsthand first·hand adj. Received from the original source: firsthand information. first how it feels to have loved ones loved ones npl → seres mpl queridos loved ones npl → proches mpl et amis chers loved ones love npl fight in wars. ``My husband was a commissioned Army officer in World War II and my father was also a veteran,'' she said. Honey believes that the Valentines for Vets project comes at a good time. ``I think all the interest in the Academy Awards - and movies such as `Saving Private Ryan,' and `A Thin Red Line,' adds to the overall level of enthusiasm,'' she said. Carefully pasting and cutting his pink and red card just so, Garrett Demirjian, 8, talked about his own family's war-time experiences. ``My dad came back from Vietnam and he's OK, and my two grandfathers fought in World War II,'' he said. Classmate David Trumpy, 8, has a grandfather who talked to him about World War II. ``My grandfather has shown me pictures of him standing with his Army troop - holding guns,'' he said. CAPTION(S): 3 Photos PHOTO (1--Color) Third-grade students in Bernie Honey's class at Acacia Elementary School work on a Valentine card for a veteran on Tuesday. (2--Color) Room mother Lisa Yaldezian helps third-grade students put together their Valentines for hospitalized veterans. (3--Color) Garrett Demirjian, 8, said his father served in Vietnam and his grandfathers in World War II. Tina Gerson/Daily News |
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