Veterans Day memorials throughout the suburbs
American Legion Post 690 Chaplain and Past Commander Fred Barton offers a salute during the playing of Taps as part of the Palatine Veterans Day ceremony at Community Park.
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A Veterans Day ceremony was held at McHenry County College in Crystal Lake.
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Members of the Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 311 fire a salute during the Veterans Day ceremony at Lake Opeka in Des Plaines.
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Staff Sgt. Luis Villalobos of the Army's 10th Mountain Division, and a member of the Larkin High School Class of 2001, raises the American flag at the beginning of the dedication of the new Elgin Veterans Memorial along the Fox River in downtown Elgin. Villalobos has served 2 tours of duty in Iraq.
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A Combined Service Color Guard presents the colors Tuesday morning during the Veterans Day ceremony at McHenry County College in Crystal Lake.
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Juan Raymond Escudero of Elgin, a retired US Army Captain, proudly wears a hat with fourteen pins he earned while serving in the military. Escudero saw combat in World War II and Korea.
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Veteran Roy Halverson of VFW post 2992 offers a salute as Taps is played at the conclusion of the the Veterans Day ceremony at Lake Opeka in Des Plaines.
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A veteran holds on to the American flag along with a program for the Veterans Day ceremony Tuesday at McHenry County College in Crystal Lake.
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Clyde Larsen of Elgin, left, and Ed Allen of Cynthiana, Indiana watch as the last of the service branch flags are raised at a dedication ceremony for the Elgin Veterans Memorial. Clyde and Ed are veterans of the Vietnam War.
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Lieutenant Colonel Ryan Yantis speaks during the Veterans Day ceremony at McHenry County College in Crystal Lake. Yantis is the Pritzker Military Library's first full-time executive director. He was working in the Pentagon on September 11, 2001 when the attack occurred.
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Prairie Elementary school Kindergartner Wagner Osborne sings along to the Star-Spangled Banner on Tuesday during a Veterans Day event in Naperville.
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Colonel Jill Morganthaler address the audience during the Veterans Day ceremony at Lake Opeka in Des Plaines.
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A dedication of the Elgin Veterans Memorial took place in downtown Elgin near the Fox River on Tuesday.
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From left, Quinn Joyce, Riley Wiest, Kevin Eastman and Rachel Anderson, fifth-grade students, play Taps on Tuesday during a Veterans Day event at Prairie Elementary school in Naperville.
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Mayor Rita Mullins of Palatine addresses the crowd during the Palatine Veterans Day ceremony at Community Park.
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Korean War veteran and quartermaster for VFW post 2992 John Haupt presents the colors during the Veterans Day ceremony at Lake Opeka in Des Plaines.
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The commons area is occupied Tuesday night for the Food for Flight event at Geneva High School to raise money for the Honor Flight organization.
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Fourth-grade student Alicia Crone gives her grand father Clifford Crone a hug after a Veterans Day event at Prairie Elementary school in Naperville.
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Roughly 300 people attended the Naperville VFW and American Legion annual Veterans Day event at Veterans Park in Naperville.
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World War II vets Ray Alderman, left, John M. Balint, Clarence Bark, and John B. Crow, all from the Aurora and Montgomery area, eat chili Tuesday night at the Food for Flight event at Geneva High School to raise money for the Honor Flight organization. They recently took an Honor Flight together to the World War II memorial in Washington D.C.
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Giving thanks for having their son safely home from service are Debbie and John Hughes of Hoffman Estates. Their son, Zach ,27, stands beside them during the Palatine Veterans Day ceremony at Community Park.
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Members of the Naperville VFW perform a rifle salute during the Veterans Day event at Veterans Park in Naperville.
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Naperville VFW and American Legion members Dick Knosher, Charles Bueche and John Dawley perform a salute during the Naperville VFW annual Veterans Day event.
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Naperville Municipal Band member Jerry Lahti play Taps during the Naperville VFW Veterans Day ceremony.
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Homer Woods of Woodstock salutes the colors Tuesday alongside fellow veteran Hazel Powell, also of Woodstock, during the Veterans Day ceremony at McHenry County College in Crystal Lake. Woods served in the U. S. Army in Korea. Powell served as a communications officer in the Navy based in Miami.
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