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Smithtown Students Craft Valentine's Cards For Veterans

The students designed a variety of heart-shaped, colorful cards that were sent to veterans living at the Northport VA Medical Center.

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Fifth graders at Mills Pond Elementary School made Valentine's Day cards for veterans in the Northport VA Medical Center. (Courtesy of Smithtown CSD)
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Fifth graders at Mills Pond Elementary School made Valentine's Day cards for veterans in the Northport VA Medical Center. (Courtesy of Smithtown CSD)
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Fifth graders at Mills Pond Elementary School made Valentine's Day cards for veterans in the Northport VA Medical Center. (Courtesy of Smithtown CSD)

ST. JAMES, NY — Fifth graders at Mills Pond Elementary School made Valentine's Day cards for U.S. military veterans, the Smithtown School District announced.

The students designed a variety of heart-shaped, colorful cards that were sent to veterans residing at the Northport VA Medical Center.

The veterans are a "group of special people who showed their love for country by serving in the military," the district wrote.

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