Images: Memorial Day observances from around the suburbs
See images from Memorial Day observances around the suburbs. Our staff photographed parades and ceremonies from Cook, DuPage, Lake and Kane counties.
Boy Scout Troop 1 placed flags at veterans grave sites at North Cemetery in St. Charles Monday morning.
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Dorothy Newell of Ashland waves as her grandson passes in the Geneva High School marching band during the Geneva Memorial Day parade on Third Street Monday morning.
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Sgt. Brian Maduzia salutes as the color guard passes James Street during the Geneva Memorial Day parade on Third Street Monday morning.
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Cub Scouts are reflected in puddles during the Geneva Memorial Day parade Monday morning.
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Tom Alderson of Schaumburg VFW Post 2202 salutes during the playing of Taps during a Memorial Day observance at St. Peter Lutheran Church in Schaumburg Monday.
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Linda Hayford, left, of Hoffman Estates and Virginia DeMuth of Schaumburg observe a moment of prayer during a Memorial Day ceremony at St. Peter Lutheran Church in Schaumburg Monday.
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James Thies of Schaumburg VFW Post 2202 fires during a 21-gun salute during a Memorial Day observance at St. Peter Lutheran Church in Schaumburg Monday.
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Patrick Higgins of Buffalo Grove plays the bagpipes and leads the color guard during a Memorial Day observance at St. Peter Lutheran Church in Schaumburg Monday.
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Mundelein Mayor Steve Lentz says a few words during Monday's Memorial Day ceremony at Carl Sandburg Middle School. The parade and outdoor ceremony was canceled due to the weather and moved it indoors.
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Mundelein American Legion Post 867 Auxiliary members Arlene Lolley, left, and Phyllis Philbrick place the gold star wreath during Monday's Memorial Day ceremony at Carl Sandburg Middle School.
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Bagpiper Steve Larue plays during Mundelein's Memorial Day ceremony at Carl Sandburg Middle School.
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An empty POW/MIA chair sits at the front of Mundelein's Memorial Day ceremony at Carl Sandburg Middle School.
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Residents listen and record speeches during Mundelein's Memorial Day ceremony at Carl Sandburg Middle School.
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Members of the Mt. Prospect VFW Post 1337 carry the colors during the Mt. Prospect Memorial Day parade Monday.
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The skies darken as members of the Mt. Prospect Lions Club march during the Mount Prospect Memorial Day parade Monday.
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Peter Hong and the Prospect High School band play during the Mount Prospect Memorial Day parade Monday.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
Lucia Flanagan, 2, of Mt. Prospect watches the Mount Prospect Memorial Day parade go by Monday.
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Kevin King with the Libertyville VFW Post 8741 color guard carried the American flag in Monday's Memorial Day parade in downtown Libertyville.
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American flags surround Cook Park in downtown Libertyville for Memorial Day.
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Libertyville VFW Post 8741 member Floyd Hoskins salutes during Monday's Memorial Day ceremony in Libertyville's Cook Park.
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Hundreds of people gathered in Cook Park to honor those who paid the ultimate sacrifice at Monday's Memorial Day ceremony Monday.
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The Libertyville VFW and American Legion color guard lead Monday's Memorial Day parade in downtown Libertyville.
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Jonathan Brock of Palatine American Legion Post 690 prepares to sound taps at the Palatine Memorial Day ceremony in the Town Square on Monday.
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Alice Gutierrez of Palatine American Legion Post 690 along with Jim Steiner, Commander of the Sons of American Legion Squadron 690 and Post 690 Commander Ed Grabowski lay the wreath at Palatine's Memorial Day ceremony in the Town Square on Monday.
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Keynote speaker Ken Boyd of Palatine talks with Glenn Stout of Palatine American Legion Post 690, who served in the first Gulf War, before the Memorial Day ceremony in Town Square in Palatine. Boyd's son is Cpl. Christopher Boyd who was killed in action on August 19, 2010.
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The Wheaton Warrenville South Tiger band performs during Wheaton's Memorial Day Parade.
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Glenn Stout of American Legion Post 690 in Palatine shows his dog tags and his fathers Jack Stout's dog tag who died in the Korean War in Palatine before their Memorial Day ceremony in Town Square.
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Wheaton American Legion Post 76 and VFW Post 2164 march in Wheaton's Memorial Day Parade.
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Paradegoers with umbrellas in hand watch the Wheaton Memorial Day Parade.
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Members of VFW Post 3874 and American Legion Post 43 march in Naperville's Memorial Day Parade.
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Former Mayor George Pradel was the Grand Marshal of the 2015 Naperville Memorial Day Parade.
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Andy Bullock of Naperville holds his daughter Olivia, 3, as she covers her ears during Naperville's Memorial Day Parade.
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Navy veteran Bill Sage of Naperville honors those who have fallen during Naperville's Memorial Day Parade.
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The U.S. Naval Sea Cadets march in Naperville's Memorial Day Parade.
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The Naperville North Flag team performs in Naperville's Memorial Day Parade.
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George VanHagen, 92, who served in World War II as a Navy fighter pilot, attended the Barrington Memorial Day ceremonies on Monday.
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Paul Brown of Lake Barrington, who served two tours of duty in Vietnam, carries the flag toward Evergreen Cemetery for the Memorial Day service in Barrington on Monday.
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Paul Brown of Lake Barrington, who served two tours of duty in Vietnam, carries the flag toward Evergreen Cemetery for the Memorial Day service in Barrington on Monday.
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Clearance Hovorka of East Dundee from Barrington VFW Post 7706 attended the Memorial Day ceremonies at Evergreen Cemetery on Monday. Hovorka served in the Air Force during the Korean conflict.
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Al Koller of VFW Post 7706 along with Earl Billman of Post 158, both in Barrington, and Hal Richter, who served in the Air Force in World War II and the Korean conflict, salute during the Memorial Day activities on Monday.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
Elgin historian Jerry Turnquist leans on a canon during the Elgin Memorial Day ceremony at Bluff City Cemetery Monday.
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The American Flag is raised from half staff by veterans Jack Darr and Rick Grimm during the Elgin Memorial Day ceremony at Bluff City Cemetery Monday.
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A combined Color Guard fires a rifle salute during the Elgin Memorial Day ceremony at Bluff City Cemetery Monday.
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Representing the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War Camp #2, James Zingales salutes after placing a wreath at the base of a veterans memorial monument during the Elgin Memorial Day ceremony at Bluff City Cemetery Monday.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
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