NATCHEZ &045; Teachers and students at Morgantown Elementary now have a place to relax.

As part of the Keep Natchez-Adams County Beautiful campaign local volunteers and Morgantown students worked Tuesday morning to create a liberty garden at the school.

Using a small inner courtyard, volunteers planted flowers and installed benches and stepping-stones as a way to remember those fighting in Iraq.

&uot;It’s in honor of Iraq and the war,&uot; said Arella Bacon, coordinator of Keep Natchez-Adams County Beautiful and former Morgantown part-time teacher.

Students involved with Ruriteen and 4-H took a few minutes from class to help clear the area.

&uot;We do it to help the environment out,&uot; sixth-grader Tiffany Davis said.

The students said they are involved in projects like this throughout the year.

&uot;We are trying to be somebody,&uot; Courtney Brown said. &uot;We can keep our community clean.&uot;

Bacon said the group will take on a new project each year.