Field of Honor at Notre Dame Catholic School

Welcome to Spring Hill in Hernando County, Notre Dame Catholic School, where Field of Honor is taking place. In fact, these beautiful flags have been on display since November 6th, and then today, a very special ceremony, Veterans Week. How about that? Veterans Day was Wednesday, but they've been celebrating again since November 6th. Not only our military, but law enforcement as well. 250 flags this year because it's the 250th year for our country. Of course, we've been celebrating that Pio Rizzo is the principal here at Notre Dame Catholic School, 250 flags, each one representing either a veteran, either in honor of or maybe in memory of, law enforcement as well, and this is the 10th year the school's been doing it. That's right. It's our biggest event here at Notre Dame Catholic School. It's something that we take a lot of pride in. It's something that started 10 years ago where they said, we need to make sure that we're teaching our kids what it means to be a true hero. You know, if you were to ask our students today about their heroes, they're going to probably talk about their favorite NFL quarterback, musician, maybe Iron Man, a YouTuber that has a million followers. So we want to make sure that we teach them the difference between being famous and being a hero and being selfless and somebody that stands up for things that are wrong and has the courage to do so and to protect our freedoms. And that's our military. So today's all about them today. It's something that we not only teach today. But we celebrate throughout the school year and making sure that our students understand how important it is. Yeah, just looking at these flags, so gorgeous. Omar's going to take a walk through the flags. It's just so beautiful to see. And you make such a great point. A true hero might be somebody whose name we don't even know. In fact, more often than not, a true hero is somebody you don't know by name. You might not know what they look like, but doggone it, they're heroes. That's right. And today, you're going to see a great presence from the Hernando County Sheriff's Department, Fire Department, a lot of them that have military experience. But when you think about heroes, you think about our worst moments. And when people are usually running from those moments, the first responders and military are. We're moving towards it. Well done, P.O. Rizzo. Keep up the good work here, sir. Thank you. In Spring Hill, Charlie Belcher, Fox 13 News.