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Article updated: 11/9/2012 5:57 PM

Solemn, silent Veterans Day commemoration to fallen Illinois soldiers

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The 323 American flags at Route 47 near Oak Creek Highway in Huntley, represent all of the Illinois soldiers who have been killed since Sept. 11, 2001. The display was put on in conjunction with the True Patriots Care Foundation, which is based in Carpentersville, Culver's restaurant and Drendel's Corner, both in Huntley.

Laura Stoecker | Staff Photographer

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Carpentersville-based True Patriots Care Foundation has installed hundreds of American flags on Route 47 near Oak Creek Highway in Huntley that represent the 323 Illinois soldiers killed since Sept. 11, 2001. On Veterans Day, a pair of Huntley eateries are also holding fundraisers to help send World War II veterans to the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C.
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