KYLE MURPHYStaff Writer

The Tribute Train will be rolling on in the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month as Tullahoma City Schools will hold its fourth annual Veterans Day Tribute Train.

TCS officials said they are inviting all veterans in the area to participate in the tribute train that will caravan to all seven TCS schools as a way to celebrate and thank them for their services.

Those wanting to participate are asked to meet at Wilkins Stadium behind Tullahoma High School no later than 8:25 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 10, as the caravan will depart at 8:30 a.m. From there, the tribute train will depart and make its way to Jack T. Farrar Elementary School, West Middle School, Bel-Aire Elementary School, Robert E. Lee Elementary School, East Middle School and East Lincoln Elementary School before ending at South Jackson Performing Arts Center for the city’s annual Veterans Day Ceremony. During each school stop, students, faculty and staff at each school will greet the tribute train with American flags, homemade signs of encouragement and thanks for the veterans and their service to the country.

The first tribute train was held in 2020 after the faculty members of Jack T. Farrar Elementary School came up with the idea of having a parade as a way to make up for not being able to have its typical patriotic programs during the coronavirus pandemic. It wasn’t long before it was decided that the parade would be district-wide. The tribute train is also a return of the event after the third annual Tribute Train was canceled due to the impending weather forecast at the time.