Members of the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office Honor Guard celebrated the life of a fallen Marine whose exemplary actions at the height of the Vietnam War earned him a Medal of Honor, the U.S. government’s highest and most prestigious military decoration.
Interlachen Elementary to be renamed for Black American hero
The Putnam County School Board voted unanimously for the change
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PUTNAM COUNTY, Fla. – The name of Medal of Honor recipient Robert H. Jenkins Jr. will not be lost to history, despite the closing of the Putnam County middle school named in his honor.
The county’s School Board voted unanimously this week to rename Interlachen Elementary School as Robert H. Jenkins Jr. Elementary, ensuring the Black American hero’s legacy will live on for generations to come.
Jenkins was born in Interlachen in 1948 and enlisted in the Marines after graduating from high school.