DuPage County honors veterans with ceremony in Wheaton
DuPage County honored those who served their country in the military with a Veterans Day Observance on Sunday at the DuPage Care Center in Wheeling.
The ceremony featured the posting of the colors by the DuPage Honor Guard, a reading of the "Star Spangled Banner Poem" by Alicia Myrick and an invocation by the Rev. Andrew Hougan, the care center's chaplain.
Ken Jacobs of Veterans Memorial, Inc. served as the featured speaker and Air Force veteran Doug Carmichael closed out the ceremony with a bugle performance of "Taps."
Members of the color guard come to rest after the weapons salute Sunday during the Veterans Day Ceremony at the DuPage Care Center in Wheaton.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Ken Jacobs of Veterans Memorial, Inc. speaks Sunday during the Veterans Day Ceremony at the DuPage Care Center in Wheaton.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
The color guard presents the flag Sunday during the Veterans Day Ceremony at the DuPage Care Center in Wheaton.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
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