Proctor's Corps of Artillery members fire a cannon Monday during the Memorial Day ceremony at Bartlett Cemetery in honor of military service men and women who have died in wartime.
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In Memorial Day patriotic parades and solemn ceremonies Monday, communities across the Northwest suburbs paid tribute to troops who have died in battle.
As wars continue in Iraq and Afghanistan, members of the military were uppermost in resident's minds.
Along suburban streets, people waved American flags as a bugler performed taps.
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Boy Scouts marched alongside veterans of past wars.
Onlookers gave one local soldier a standing ovation.
At another ceremony, a moment of silence was observed to remember the fallen.
At Knopf Cemetery in Buffalo Grove, about 75 people attended a memorial service lead by Boy Scout Troop 401 where the Gettysburg Address was recited. American Legion Post 1247 and AMVETS Post 255, also joined in the tribute.
In Palatine, hundreds of onlookers waving American flags lined village streets as veterans and active military personnel joined Boy Scouts and civilians along the village's Memorial Day parade course.
The parade ended with a somber memorial service at the Hill side Cemetery.
Bartlett residents remembered fallen soldiers at a ceremony at Bartlett Cemetery, which featured a cannon blast provided by the Proctor's Corps of Artillery.
The streets of downtown Arlington Heights were streaked with American flags, red, white and blue balloons and streamers for the village's annual Memorial Day parade.
In suburb after suburb, similar scenes were repeated as residents remembered our war dead.
A color guard leads the annual Memorial Day parade Monday in downtown Wheaton.
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U.S. Marine Private First Class Charles Bourne was given a standing ovation during the Elk Grove Village Memorial Day ceremony Monday at the Jack A. Claes Pavilion.
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A United States Marine Corps flag stands beside the grave of James P. Ritzenhaler during the Buffalo Grove Memorial ceremony Monday in Knopf Cemetery. Ritzenhaler was a World War II veteran.
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The World War II Historical Re-enactment Society staged a re-enactment Monday of a small unit engagement in Normandy during a Memorial Day celebration at Batavia VFW Post 1197.
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Michael Kruk, a U.S. Army soldier from Lake Zurich, marches Monday with his 5-year-old son, Vincent, during the Lake Zurich Memorial Day parade.
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Roger Kotecki performs the "Battle Hymn of the Republic" as part of Memorial Day ceremony at Kline Creek Farm in Winfield.
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Elburn VFW members John Reece, left, and Dennis Richmond prepare Monday for the annual Memorial Day parade to Blackberry Cemetery.
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<element type="body" id="paragraph-B7137134-3E2D-48CD-A533-68DFDC5B9EEF">Standing together in prayer are, left, Ed Grabowski, a Vietnam veteran from American Legion Post 690, and Marine Private Charles Boyd, right. The military members gathered for a memorial service at Hillside Cemetery in Palatine.
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Veterans place a wreath on the Doughboy sculpture Monday in Burlington Park during the Memorial Day service in Naperville.
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Austin Marshall of Lindenhurst salutes the American flag during the presentation of colors at Monday's Memorial Day ceremony at the Veteran's Memorial in Lindenhurst.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 981 members march in the Arlington Heights Memorial Day parade honoring members of the country's military who were killed in wartime.
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Anthony McMahon, 6, of Mount Prospect looks ready for combat as he salutes the color guard Monday during the Mount Prospect Memorial Day parade. </element>
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Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4551 member Ron Barron, of Antioch, watches a gun salute Monday before playing taps at the post's Memorial Day ceremony.
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