Honored for their service
Published 6:34 am Tuesday, November 13, 2018
- A grave for an unknown solider, at center, is honored with a flag, along with nearly 400 other veterans' gravestones at Danville National Cemetery inside Bellevue Cemetery. Members of Am Vets Post 123 from Danville, along with others from Defining Forces of Junction City, placed flags on all of the stones at the national cemetery Saturday afternoon.
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- Janice Langfels, a member of Defining Forces from Junction City, carries flags to be placed on veterans’ graves at Danville National Cemetery which is located inside Bellvue Cemetery in Danville Saturday afternoon.
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- Freddie Surface, a member of Defining Forces, carries several lages to be placed onveterans’ graves at Bellvue Cemetery Saturday afternoon.
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- Freddie Surface, a member of Defining Forces, places a flag on a veteran’s grave at Bellvue Cemetery Saturday afternoon.
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- A grave for an unknown solider is honored with a flag, along with nearly 400 other veterans’ gravestones at Danville National Cemetery inside Bellevue Cemetery. Members of Am Vets Post 123 from Danville, along with others from Defining Forces of Junction City, placed flags on all of the stones at the national cemetery Saturday afternoon.
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- Members of Am Vets Post 123 of Danville and Defining Forces of Junction City, hold hands during a prayer after placing flags on nearly 400 veteran’s graves at Danville National Cemetery Saturday afternoon.
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- Members of Am Vets Post 123 of Danville and Defining Forces of Junction City, hold hands during a prayer after placing flags on nearly 400 veteran’s graves at Danville National Cemetery Saturday afternoon.
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- Freddie Surface, a member of Defining Forces, places a flag on a veteran’s grave at Bellvue Cemetery Saturday afternoon.
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- Mike Houchin takes a moment to read the name on a veteran’s gravestone before placing a flag on it Saturday afternoon.
In honor of Veterans Day, members of the Am Vets Post 123 Danville, and Defining Forces of Junction City gathered Saturday afternoon to place flags on the graves of veterans in Danville National Cemetery, located inside of Bellevue Cemetery in Danville. It took less than 30 minutes for the 14 adults and two children to place nearly 400 flags on the gravestones. The event also started and ended with a prayer circle around the American Flag pole at the cemetery.
Photos by Robin Hart/robin.hart@amnews.com
