Hingham Wrestling Team Veterans’ Appreciation Night

The wrestling team collaborated with our school’s Veterans’ Appreciation Club on what has become an annual event. They invited local veterans to attend the match and honored them during a ceremony before the match. The honor guard from the Hingham Police Department presented the colors and three students sang the National Anthem. The ceremony included brief speeches from the head coach, an official from the local veterans’ affairs’ office, two members from our Select Board, and our MA State Representative.  This year’s ceremony had special poignancy, since a recent HHS alum, who had been a member of the wrestling team, committed suicide last summer while on active duty.  Therefore, the ceremony called special attention to the #22ADAY movement and the terrible crisis in military suicide.