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Members of the Sylvania Southview H.S. band perform at the concluding memorial service at Veterans' Memorial Field.

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Dave McVay, chaplain for American Legion Post 468, left, reads the names of area veterans who have died since Memorial Day 2012. Holding the umbrella is Sylvania Mayor Craig Stough.

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Elmo and scores of other umbrellas line the route of the parade along South Main Street.

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Nicholas Stoll, 4, of Sylvania, takes cover in in a piece of artilery in the Veterans Memorial Park the during the 21-gun salute given by American Legion Joseph W. Diehn Post 468.

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Jonathan Riter, 4, left, and his brother Benjamin Riter, 9, wait for their sister, a member of the Girl Scouts, to come by in the parade.

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Samantha Gluza, 3, of Sylvania, along the parade route.

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Mary C. Witten, grave marker at lower right, and 12, 678 other veterans are buried at Toledo Memorial Park.

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Nancy Zientara Thabit, of Maumee, left, and her daughter, Lori Zientara Edgeworth, of Toledo, under an umbrella while they listen to Sylvania mayor Craig Stough during the service.

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The Joseph Diehn American Legion Post 468 and the VFW Post 3717 of Sylvania, participating in the Memorial Day.

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The parade is lead by the Sylvania Police Department.

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Fans along Main Street waiting for the parade.

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Mary C. Witten, grave marker at lower right, and 12, 678 other veterans are buried at Toledo Memorial Park in Sylvania.

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Mike Pollick, front, and other members of American Legion Joseph W. Diehn Post 468, before giving the 21-gun salute.

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Sylvania Northview H.S. band marching in the parade.

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Hailey Parker, 2013 Little Miss Lighthouse Princess, rides with the top down despite the rain.

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The Sylvania Twirling Starts participate in the parade, despite the cold and rain.

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Area Girls Scouts and Boy Scouts participate in the march.

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The historic vehicle carrying Toledo resident Robert Darr, 81, the parade marshal, according to The Blade.

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Abbi Shaw, 7, left, and her nice Natilee Canter, 4, both of Bellefontaine, along the parade route.

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Sylvania Police Department leads the parade.

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Mike Pollick, front, and other members of American Legion Joseph W. Diehn Post 468, before giving the 21-gun salute. Pollick served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1969-1972.

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