We always got to the Veteran's Remembrance at a local cemetery each year. The Boy Scouts and the VFW are part of the procession back to the Veteran's section of the cemetery. A local high school band & chorus play and sing patriotic music, a couple of politicians make BRIEF speeches , and then a local veteran gives the main address - usually a RECENTLY retired vet whose been in Afghanistan or Iraq - at least in my experience here the past 6 years.

My pictures from THIS year are on my computer that died, but heres some from a few years ago, with my oldest. He has Autism, so you'll have to forgive his slightly unorthodox 'parade rest,' but here we are AFTER the festivities. The Scouts anf VFW always stop at this man's grave on the way TO the ceremony, and they conduct a special tribute to him. You'll know why, when you see his marker.