On June 1, 2020, more than 40 comrades-in-arms from the veterans of the 47th Regiment of the Railway Corps and the 2nd Company of the 48th Regiment came to Shagou Primary School in Shuhe Town, Xunyang County, to participate in the school's June 1st celebration and the ceremony of new members joining the team, and donated cash and items to the school to celebrate the festival with the primary school students, and to present the love of the railway soldiers and cadet soldiers to the next generation of the motherland.
All the comrades who participated in the activity warmly recalled their youth, communicated cordially with the school teachers, and took photos with the lovely primary school students. The comrades-in-arms who participated in the event also conveyed the concern of many railway veterans, comrades-in-arms, family members and the second generation of iron soldiers for the construction of schools in the old area, and their care and blessings for the healthy growth of primary school students.
In the special donation link, the veterans of the 47th Regiment, Yuan Wuxue, Feng Kening, and Wang Guilan, on behalf of everyone, handed over a love donation of 18,000 yuan, a 2,000 yuan school supplies donated by Yao Lanfang, a student soldier, and an 800 yuan glorious traditional book donated by Zhu Ruihua. Yuan Wuxue also introduced the sincere friendship and touching deeds of nearly 100 comrades-in-arms and military wives to support the construction of the school and care for the growth of students. Li Wenwen, Zhang Qunfang, Wang Shulin and other comrades-in-arms of the 2nd Company of the 48th Regiment handed over a donation of 17,000 yuan to the comrades-in-arms of the whole company, expressing their attachment and love for their second hometown.
"The spring breeze has lifted the thousand layers of snow, and the younger generations will never forget the martyrs." The leaders of the school specially invited the railway soldiers and veterans who participated in the construction of the Xiangyu Railway to participate in this activity, and specially made two red scarves to learn the spirit of their predecessors and strive to be aspiring teenagers. At the donation ceremony, the school presented the veterans of the 47th Regiment and the 2nd Company of the 48th Regiment with a pennant with the book "Don't forget the original intention, love education", and thanked the iron soldiers and students who have made significant contributions to the construction of the motherland's railways and the happy life of the people of Xunyang, and their care and support for cultivating successors to the construction of the motherland.
The comrades-in-arms of the iron soldiers and cadets who participated in the activity collectively sang the traditional song "Railway Soldiers Are Determined in the Quartet" with full enthusiasm, and sang "My Motherland and Me" with the new young pioneers, which left a deep impression on the hearts of all the students.
The school teacher read out a letter from Yao Lanfang, a student of the 47th Regiment Health Team. Li Qixing, the principal of the school, delivered a speech, congratulating the new young pioneers on the success of the joining ceremony, thanking the railway soldiers and cadets of the 47th and 48th regiments for their concern for the construction of the school, and hoping that all the students would live up to the expectations of their predecessors, study hard, develop in an all-round way, and become useful materials for the construction of the motherland. Under the auspices of the brigade counselors, the flag withdrawal ceremony was carried out.
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