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Members of the boy scouts hold up the American flag, state flag and military branch flags during Pana’s annual Veteran’s Day celebration in Kitchell Park Saturday morning.
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TAYLORVILLE — American Legion Department Commander and Veterans Day Guest Speaker, Delmar Buske, fills the audience’s imagination with knowledge, heroism and heart on the morning of Saturday, Nov. 11.
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TAYLORVILLE — Seven of the main conductors of Veterans Day morning at the American Legion. Front row from left to right: Veterans Homes Coordinator Gwen Diel-Reed, Chaplain Ricky Reed, Master of Ceremony Glen Goodrich and Bruce Hallam.
Back row: Taylorville Mayor Bruce Barry, Dean Ray and Department Commander Delmar Buske.
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Military branch flags outside of the American Legion Hall wave in the wind on Saturday morning.
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Guest speaker, Tom Latonis, delivers his speech about honoring veterans during Pana’s annual Veteran’s Day celebration in Kitchell Park Saturday morning. During his speech, Latonis held up a cup that his father, a WWII veteran, had used during his service in the 38 Battalion US Army Signal Corps. He said his father had etched each assignment he had been a part of on the cup and he keeps it by his desk everyday. “I look at it everyday, smile, and I am reminded of his life and his commitment to his service to our country.” Latonis said. “Like a vast majority of his generation, they are no longer with us. It is up to us, as a much more prominent Illinoisan said 160 years ago this month on the battle of Gettysburg: we can never forget what they did here.”
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Left to Right: Christina, Grace, Sophia and Sophia, members of the girl scouts, lay the wreaths on the veterans memorial during Pana’s annual Veteran’s Day celebration in Kitchell Park Saturday morning.
