FREDERICK COUNTY, Va.—Veteran’s day is a “very special day” for Austin Riddell, a fourth-grader at Redbud Run Elementary School in Winchester, Virginia. “It’s a day set aside to recognize bravery, courage, selflessness, a day to show our military veterans that our country loves them,” the 8-year-old said. To pay tribute to this, Austin organized an event on Nov. 11 to push the local school board to observe Veteran’s Day as a school holiday. “I could never get away with an event like this in North Korea, China, lots of other places; only in America are we this free,” Austin said during his opening speech at the event held at the football field across Redbud Run Elementary School. “And it’s all because of our courageous veterans who gave me a voice to go in front of the Board of Education, to go in front of the Board of Supervisors to change the world starting …
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