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Members of the Cudworth Post stand at attention during a ceremony at the Veterans Memorial and Gardens, Armory Park, Whitefish Bay.
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Emily Vaill Pfaff (right) shows some of her grandfather's medals to a veteran following a Memorial Day ceremony at the Veterans Memorial and Gardens in Whitefish Bay. Vaill Pfaff's grandfather fought with the U.S. Army during World War II.
Credit: Katie Derksen
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As members of various color guards watch, Donald Schambureck, who was named Veteran of the Year, heads to the stage to receive his award Monday as part of South Milwaukee’s Memorial Day ceremony.
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Bob Meganck (right), a member of the Cudworth Post, hands out a shell following a Memorial Day ceremony at the Veterans Memorial and Gardens, Armory Park, Whitefish Bay.
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Ling Naiva (left) and her daughter, Audrey Naiva, 10, sing the National Anthem during the Wauwatosa Memorial Day Observance held at Longfellow Middle School.
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Brian Hagner, of the Wauwatosa Community Band, plays "Taps" to the end the Wauwatosa Memorial Day Observance. His brother returned from Afghanistan the day before Memorial Day.
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Nate Rockenbach (right) senior patrol leader and Ben Halligan from Boy Scout Troop 21 pledge allegiance to the flag during the presentation of colors at the Wauwatosa Memorial Day observance at Longfellow Middle School.
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Cub Scout Will Elton salutes as he and other members of Pack 156 march the American flag down Watertown Plank Road for the Elm Grove Memorial Day Parade on Monday.
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American Legion Post 449 First Vice Commander David Latimer Sr. reads the names of post members who died over the past year during a Memorial Day ceremony at the post on Monday.
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Jim Parks of Elm Grove watches the Elm Grove Memorial Day Parade.
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With Watertown Plank Road closed and the parade yet to start, Kate Kohloff, 6 of Shorewood, jumps rope at the Elm Grove parade.
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Ray Koval of Greenfield and other members of American Legion Post 449 receive a standing ovation as take part in the Elm Grove Memorial Day Parade.
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Members of the School Sisters of Notre Dame roll along in the Elm Grove Memorial Day Parade.
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A U.S. flag flutters in a light breeze during a Memorial Day service held in New Berlin.
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Tom Meyers looks skyward before the start of a Memorial Day service in New Berlin. Meyers served in the U.S. Navy in the south Pacific during World War II.
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Art Lange greets well-wishers before the start of a Memorial Day service held in Highland Memorial Park Monday in New Berlin. Lange, a World War II Army Infantry Heavy Machine Gun Section leader, was held as a prisoner of war for seven months.
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Len Chudeke, of Grand Rapids, Minn., was among those who attended a Memorial Day service held in Highland Memorial Park in New Berlin. Chudeke is a U.S. Army Vietnam Veteran who served in Vietnam from 1969 to 1970.
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Donald Almquist (left), who was honored as a special guest, helps raise the American flag Sunday during Greenfield's Memorial Day ceremony, held at Bicentennial Park. The Pioneer Drum and Bugle Corps performed.
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Gordon Geil (second for right), chaplain for American Legion Post No. 1, leads a prayer during a Memorial Day ceremony at the cemetery at St. Boniface Church on Monday. Legion members visited six Germantown-area cemeteries to honor those who gave their lives for our country.
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A member of the Pioneer Drum and Bugle Corps performs Sunday during Greenfield's Memorial Day celebration, held at Bicentennial Park.
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William Koch, of New Berlin, Right, shows his cap to Jim Schmook, of New Berlin, left, before the start of a Memorial Day service held in Highland Memorial Park Monday in New Berlin. Schmook served in the U.S. Army Air Corps from 1942 to 1945 during WWII. Koch was awarded the Bronze Star for Valor (which he is wearing) for his service with the U.S. Army Field Artillery in europe during WWII.
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A firing squad fires a 21-gun salute during a Memorial Day service held in Forest Hill Memorial Park cemetery.
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Guests stand for the playing of the National Anthem during a Memorial Day service held in Forest Hill Memorial Park cemetery in Oak Creek.
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Members of the Germantown American Legion Post No. 1 give a 21-gun salute to veterans buried at the cemetery at St. Boniface Church during a Memorial Day ceremony on Monday.
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Germantown High School student Amanda Thatcher plays taps while Gordon Geil, chaplain of the Germantown American Legion Post No. 1, salutes during a Memorial Day ceremony Monday at the cemetery at St. Boniface Church. Legion members visited six area cemeteries on Monday, performing a 21-gun salute and a short service at each one.
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