Education 22 July 2025

Hillsboro Great Oaks FFA officers honor local veterans at RestHaven Memory Gardens

Written by Grace Allen
President
Submitted by Delaina Southworth
Reporter
Hillsboro Great Oaks FFA Chapter 

On Thursday, May 29, some of the newly elected Hillsboro Great Oaks FFA officers attended a community service project at the RestHaven Memory Gardens. 

The records on file were dated and needed to be updated, so we grabbed our clipboards and got to work. We split up the rows to work as efficiently as possible and recorded the name, military branch, and any wars fought by all the veterans from the headstones. 

Walking through the cemetery and reading the names of the lost loved ones made us realize that these are the people who have kept our freedom. They had families and many memories that shouldn’t be forgotten. Our officer team wanted to make sure these records were kept up to date, so that no veteran goes unseen. 

Add new comment

This is not for publication.
This is not for publication.
About text formats

Plain text

  • No HTML tags allowed.
  • Lines and paragraphs break automatically.
  • Web page addresses and email addresses turn into links automatically.
Article comments are not posted immediately to the Web site. Each submission must be approved by the Web site editor, who may edit content for appropriateness. There may be a delay of 24-48 hours for any submission while the web site editor reviews and approves it. Note: All information on this form is required. Your telephone number and email address is for our use only, and will not be attached to your comment.
CAPTCHA This question is for testing whether or not you are a human visitor and to prevent automated spam submissions. Image CAPTCHA
Enter the characters shown in the image.