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Memorial Day

Photos by Laura Thornburg

MEMORIAL DAY-Veterans gathered at the memorial on the lawn of the Alleghany Courthouse on Monday to pay their respects to their fallen comrades. In the photo at right, Bruce Wayne Osborne Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 7034 offers a gun salute. They are (from left) George Royall, Roy Houser, Commander Thomas Ham, Oscar 'Doc' Evans, Jim Hudson and Doug Blevins.

Marine Corps League Memorial (168K)

In the photo at left, Wes Brinegar of the Marine Corps League bears the standard (foreground) as Bobby Irwin salutes.


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