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Community honors those fallen in Memorial Day commemoration

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Members of the VFW prepare to give a rifle salute during the ceremony.

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Robert Fox, past commander, American Legion Post 192, is the emcee of the ceremony.

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Florence Knight, chaplain of the VFW Post 9656 auxiliary, left, and Pattie Peterson, president of the VFW Post 9656 auxiliary, right, with Ellie Hill, 12, poppy queen of the auxiliary.

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Walt Kanavel, past commander, American Legion Post 192, makes a few remarks during the ceremony. Behind him, at left, is Mike Terry, Post Commander, VFW Post 9656.

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Area residents listen to the ceremony from over the fence. at left, members of the VFW prepare to give a rifle salute.

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Todd Hershberger, of Lambertville, playing "Taps" at the conclusion of the ceremony. Hershberger served in the U.S. Navy from 1985-1993.

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Korean War veteran Victor Teall, of Temperance.

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Walt Kanavel past commander, American Legion Post 192, makes a few remarks during the ceremony.

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Don Adams, of Temperance.

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The honor guard from American Legion Post 192 carries the colors at the head of the parade into the cemetery.

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Mary Brown, 11, left, with her mom, Janice Brown, and her father Kenny Brown, all of Toledo.

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Mary Brown, 11, left, with her mom, Janice Brown, who is decorating her father's grave in the Lambertville Cemetery. Janice Brown's father, Harold C. Heckel, Sr., was a heavy equipment operator in the U.S. Army during World War II.

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