Images: Memorial Day in the suburbs
Check out images from around the suburbs as people celebrated Memorial Day.
Korean War veteran Joe Educate of St. Charles salutes during the St. Charles Memorial Day program at the Freedom Shrine Monday. He served as a tail gunner in the Air Force.
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Ann Berrie of Arlington Heights proudly holds up the signs as veterans stream by in the Arlington Heights Memorial Day parade.
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Jonathan Brock of American Legion Post 690 sounds Taps at the Palatine Memorial Day ceremony on Monday.
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Special guest Chester Gryzbowski, 104, of Grayslake, a veteran of World War II, attends the Hoffman Estates/Schaumburg Memorial Day observance, with the second portion taking place at St. Peter Lutheran Church in Schaumburg.
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Zhaleh Pylawka of Des Plaines and her daughter Vera, 4, await the start of the Mount Prospect Memorial Day parade Monday.
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Grayslake resident Ron Engel pauses before the start of Monday's Memorial Day parade in downtown Grayslake. Engel serves in the Lake County Marine Corp. League 801 color guard.
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Flags for the various branches of service and the POW/MIA flag were flying during Fox Lake's annual Memorial Day ceremony in downtown on Monday.
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The Grand Army of the Republic Hall and Museum has reopened on Memorial Day after being closed for 20 years and under renovation for 15 years. This is the Angel Room.
Paul Michna/pmichna@dailyherald.com
Daniel Pacheco of VFW Post 10396 proudly holds a flag during the Memorial Day ceremony at Memorial Park in Carol Stream Monday. Well over 100 people attended the service.
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Paul Haack of Roselle is a proud father while watching his daughter Trinity, 1, wave the American flag at the Itasca Memorial Day parade Monday. Hundreds of paradegoers enjoyed the sounds of sirens and guns while children picked up candy thrown by the people on floats.
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Olive Leckbee, 80, of St. Charles enjoys the show during the St. Charles Memorial Day parade Monday.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
Jeff Johnson of Libertyville and the 8th Illinois Cavalry re-enactors fire a volley during the St. Charles Memorial Day parade Monday.
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Natalie Deicke, 15, of St. Charles and JoAnn Cassell are dressed for the occasion during the St. Charles Memorial Day parade Monday.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
Josh Cunningham of Elgin and the Dundee Scottish Pipe Band perform Amazing Grace during the annual West Dundee Memorial Day program at River Valley Memorial Gardens Monday.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
VFW Post 2298 commander Adam Tracy brings the flag to half-mast during the annual West Dundee Memorial Day program at River Valley Memorial Gardens Monday.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
Vietnam veteran Jack Hosey of Elgin salutes the flag during the annual West Dundee Memorial Day program at River Valley Memorial Gardens Monday. Hosey served in Vietnam and his father John was a World War II veteran and Bronze Star winner who is buried at the cemetery.
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The annual West Dundee Memorial Day program at River Valley Memorial Gardens drew hundreds Monday.
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Senator Mark Kirk embraces former Arlington Heights Mayor Arlene Mulder in the Arlington Heights Memorial Day parade on Monday.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
Chris Suszko and Austin Sheffield from Great Lakes attend the 97th Annual Arlington Heights Memorial Day ceremony in Memorial Park.
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Collin Dwyer from Florida (center) is part of the Recruit Drill Team from Great Lakes attend the 97th Annual Arlington Heights Memorial Day ceremony in Memorial Park.
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Carl Laub of Arlington Heights, who served in the Air Force, attended the 97th Annual Arlington Heights Memorial Day ceremony in Memorial Park.
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Jack Metcalf, World War II Army veteran and Jack Camera, World War II Navy veteran, attend the 97th Annual Arlington Heights Memorial Day ceremony in Memorial Park.
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Emily Kivland, a senior at Fremd High School, sounds Taps at the Palatine Memorial Day Ceremony held in Community Park on Monday.
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The shadow of the flag at Half Staff is cast during a solo tribute from Vietnam veteran Bill Sadler of Palatine who served from 1969 to 1970 with the 101st Army at the Palatine Memorial Day Ceremony.
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Jacqueline Blount, commander at American Legion Post 690 (middle), along with Alice Gutierrez of Palatine and Chaplain John Nemanich, a former Marine, places flowers during Palatine Memorial Day Ceremony on Monday.
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American Legion Post 703 member Ray Powroznik salutes during the Fox Lake Memorial Day ceremony in downtown on Monday.
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People reflect during a prayer offered during Monday's Fox Lake Memorial Day ceremony.
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A wreath was laid at the memorial in downtown Fox Lake during the Memorial Day ceremony.
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The rifle squad fires a salute during Monday's Fox Lake annual Memorial Day ceremony in downtown.
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Army Cpt. Kellan Sams, a 2004 Grayslake Central High School graduate, marches in Grayslake's Memorial Day parade on Monday. Cpt. Sams is serving in Italy as a communications officer and made a surprise visit home this week.
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The Lake County Marine Corp. League 801 color guard heads down Lake St. Monday during Grayslake's annual Memorial Day parade.
Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com
The Grayslake Central High School marching band plays patriotic songs during Monday's Memorial Day parade.
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Color guard members prepare for the Grayslake Memorial Day parade Monday.
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Robert Rogers of Bolingbrook looks at the Grand Army of the Republic Hall and Museum exhibit. It reopened on Memorial Day after being closed for 20 years and under renovation for 15 years.
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The Grand Army of the Republic Hall and Museum has reopened on Memorial Day after being closed for 20 years and under renovation for 15 years.
Paul Michna/pmichna@dailyherald.com
Fred Gerleve of VFW Post 10396 fires his gun during the salute during the Memorial Day ceremony at Memorial Park in Carol Stream Monday. Well over 100 people attended this service.
Paul Michna/pmichna@dailyherald.com
Matthew Lindemeier of the Navy talks about what the holiday means to him during the Memorial Day ceremony at Memorial Park in Carol Stream Monday.
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Joe Francione and his daughter Aryana, 3, reflect on the Memorial Day ceremony at Memorial Park in Carol Stream Monday.
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Ayden Dempsey, 6, of Itasca throws candy to paradegoers during the Memorial Day parade Monday.
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The Itasca Memorial Day parade makes its way through Itasca Monday. Hundreds of paradegoers enjoyed the sounds of sirens and guns while children picked up candy thrown by the people on floats.
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Todd Grischow, left, and Mark Kwiatkowski of American Legion Post 1983 raise the flag during the Hoffman Estates/Schaumburg Memorial Day observance Monday.
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James Theis, right, and Post Commander Manny Martinez of VFW Post 2202 lead the honor guard into the cemetery during the Hoffman Estates/Schaumburg Memorial Day observance Monday.
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Johnie Narcise, middle, of VFW Post 2202 fires his rifle during the Hoffman Estates/Schaumburg Memorial Day observance Monday.
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Virgil Wendt of American Legion Post 525 carries the American flag during the Mount Prospect Memorial Day parade Monday.
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Members of the VFW Post 1337, front, and American Legion Post 525 lead the Mount Prospect Memorial Day parade Monday.
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