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Earl Mack speaks about the role of Buffalo Soldiers in American conflicts during the100th Annual Memorial Day Program Thursday at Waite High School in East Toledo. The two-hour-long program honored the school's veterans, families of veterans and other community members who have served in the armed forces.

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Robert Nesper reads the "Gettysburg Address."

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World War II Army veteran and 1942 Waite High School graduate Clint Longenecker, 91, center left, and Vietnam veteran George Brown, 73, of North Toledo, center right, listen as they and other veterans are honored during the100th Annual Memorial Day Program.

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Keynote speaker Earl Mack places flowers on a memorial tree.

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Waite High School senior Alexandrea Ortega, 17, places a wreath inside the Memorial Garden.

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Toledo mayoral candidate Sandy Drabik Collins, center, was in attendance for the 100th Annual Memorial Day Program.

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Students Mya Isaccs, 17, left, Tynikka Hood, 16, center, and Julia Hernandez, 17, right, hand out American flags and carnations to attendees.

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Senior Class President Jason Kendall, 19, arranges wreathes around the Memorial Garden.

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Crosses are lined up outside the entrance to Waite High school.

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Waite High School junior Amber Crigger, 18, places an American Flag for her Vietnam War veteran grandfather near the Memorial Garden.

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Patricia Frazier, left, and her son Greg Frazier, center, both of Oregon, receive a diploma from Principal Todd Deem for Edwin Frazier, pictured at top, a Waite High School student who dropped out to enlist in World War II and was killed in the war.

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