WILSON, N.C. (WITN) - Students from Wilson Early College Academy gathered at Maplewood Cemetery Tuesday morning to honor veterans who are no longer with us by cleaning their graves.

16 Wilson Early College Academy students cleaned 317 graves on Tuesday, reaching their goal of cleaning over 300. The goal was set based on how many graves their math teacher cleaned by himself on Memorial Day weekend.

“When I put it out there for the kids, I thought maybe three or four kids would volunteer,” said Michael Pardue, math teacher at Wilson Early College Academy.

Cleaning veterans’ graves is something math teacher Michael Pardue has been doing on his own for the last couple of years. But he recently decided to ask if any students would like to help.

“I said, well, I’ll take you to lunch, and now

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