Students, teachers, and veterans gathered Friday at the school in Philadelphia's Hunting Park section to pay tribute ahead of Memorial Day.
"I feel like it serves to remember those people who are no longer here, and also to celebrate them because they gave their lives for something way bigger than them," shared senior Joab Martinez, who helped serve as an emcee for the event.The original all-male Edison High at 8th and Lehigh experienced the most fatalities of all the high schools in the country during the Vietnam War.
Each year, the school holds a special memorial ceremony, and this year's ceremony marks 50 years since the end of America's direct involvement in the Vietnam War. Organizers explain part of the education is for students to recognize the connections with these fallen heroes, who were around the same age when they left Philadelphia to serve.
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