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Card To Veterans: Dublin Has Talent

Read the poem a Fallon Middle School 7th grader wrote to veterans for her art class.

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Amanda Ng, a 7th grade student at Fallon Middle School, created a poem and two drawings that her art teacher, Vena Olsen, plans to mail to them. (Amanda Ng)
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Amanda Ng, a 7th grade student at Fallon Middle School, created a poem and two drawings that her art teacher, Vena Olsen, plans to mail to them. (Amanda Ng)
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Amanda Ng, a 7th grade student at Fallon Middle School, created a poem and two drawings that her art teacher, Vena Olsen, plans to mail to them. (Amanda Ng)

DUBLIN, CA — Amanda Ng, a student at Fallon Middle School, created a poem and two drawings that her art teacher, Vena Olsen, plans to mail to them:

"The day you left home
Was the day you pledged yourself to our country.

The day you walked onto the battlefield
Was the day you fought for
Not your freedom
Not mine
But America’s

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Thank you
For your service."

Thank you to Amanda and her mom Connie for submitting. If you'd like to submit creative work or photography to be featured on Patch, email Michael.wittner@patch.com.

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