Military recruits in Fairfax County, VA, won’t be wearing red, white and blue honor cords to high school graduation as a symbol of their commitment to military service. Instead, principals at ...

For the first time Penn State will recognize graduating student veterans with honor cords at their spring 2016 commencement ceremonies.

After a majority (7-5) of Fairfax County School Board members resisted a uniform policy to recognize military enlistees with honor cords during graduation ceremonies at its Feb. 13 work session ...

Some Greenville students say they were denied the chance to wear their honors cords at graduation during the weekend. In this case, the cords were red, white and blue -- in honor of their future ...

The cords are a new program launched statewide this spring to honor high school graduates who are entering the military, attending military colleges or joining ROTC in college.

Right now, the military cords — plus any other honor cord, except those for the National Honor Society — aren't worn at high school graduation ceremonies in the Kennewick School District.

In this case, the cords were red, white and blue -- in honor of their future service in the military. "My feeling is disgusted actually," Amy Eager said.