Memorial Day ceremonies in Hayden Lake and Medical Lake

Community members gathered to pay tribute to fallen submarine veterans in Hayden Lake and to all fallen soldiers in Medical Lake Monday.

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Mon., May 29, 2017

Tom DePew, WWII U. S. Navy submariner, rings the bell as the names of ships lost to war are read aloud during the Laying of the Wreath Ceremony, May 29, 2017, on Honeysuckle Beach in Hayden Lake, Idaho.

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Emmett Sullivan, left, gets a thumbs up while chatting with Dave Sheldon, both of the city of Hayden Veterans Affairs Commission, before the Laying of the Wreath Ceremony, May 29, 2017, at Honeysuckle Beach in Hayden Lake, Idaho.

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The bell is placed into position for the Laying of the Wreath Ceremony, May 29, 2017, on Honeysuckle Beach in Hayden Lake, Idaho. The bell is struck after reading the name of a boat lost to war.

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Folks gathered for the Laying of the Wreath Ceremony, salute and honor the flag, May 29, 2017, on Honeysuckle Beach in Hayden Lake, Idaho.

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Folks gather in the shade before the start of the Laying of the Wreath Ceremony, May 29, 2017, on Honeysuckle Beach in Hayden Lake, Idaho.

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Brady Bailey, 10, sets afloat a wreath off the dock at Honeysuckle Beach on Hayden Lake, Idaho, during the Laying of the Wreath Ceremony on Monday, May 29, 2017. The boy is the grandson of Jerry Parker, the event’s master of ceremony.

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U.S. Navy submarine veterans salute as a wreath is floated on Hayden Lake, May 29, 2017, during a Memorial Day Laying of the Wreath Ceremony at Honeysuckle Beach.

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Brady Bailey gets a hug from Kathy Howard after the boy did the honor of placing a wreath in the waters of Hayden Lake, Idaho, May 29, 2017, during a Memorial Day Laying of the Wreath Ceremony. John Howard holds the wreath, made by Kathy Howard, after the conclusion of the event.

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As each service branch song is played by a band, active-duty and former soldiers stand and salute their branch’s flag on Memorial Day, Monday, May 29, 2017, at the Washington State Veterans Cemetery in Medical Lake.

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David Michaelson, right, a U.S. Navy veteran, stands and salutes with a member of the color guard, center, while a band plays “Anchors Aweigh” on Memorial Day, Monday, May 29, 2017, at the Washington State Veterans Cemetery in Medical Lake.

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Before the annual Memorial Day ceremonies, veterans and their families and friends circulate among the graves, decorating and remembering Memorial Day, Monday, May 29, 2017, at the Washington State Veterans Cemetery in Medical Lake.

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Several hundred attendees spread out across the sloping hillside, listening to speeches and watching the military ceremony associated with Memorial Day, Monday, May 29, 2017, at the Washington State Veterans Cemetery in Medical Lake.

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Hundreds of attendees arrive and walk down the street lined with flags and banners representing Washington state’s war dead toward the location of a Memorial Day ceremony Monday, May 29, 2017, at the Washington State Veterans Cemetery in Medical Lake.

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A pair of Stearman biplanes fly over the Washington State Veterans Cemetery in Medical Lake Sunday, May 29, 2017, at the start of Memorial Day ceremonies at the cemetery. The Stearman aircraft were used as trainers for Navy pilots in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s.

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A pair of Stearman biplanes fly over the Washington State Veterans Cemetery in Medical Lake on Sunday, May 29, 2017, at the start of Memorial Day ceremonies at the cemetery. The Stearman aircraft were used as trainers for Navy pilots in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s.

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David Michaelson, a U.S. Navy veteran, holds a flag given by the military honor guard Monday, May 29, 2017, during Memorial Day ceremonies at the Washington State Veterans Cemetery in Medical Lake. Michaelson had a good friend from high school, Ronald Harvey McNees, who died in Vietnam in 1965. After researching to see if McNees received military honors at the time of his burial, McNees’ name, along with a few others who had not received military honors at burial, was read aloud and Michaelson was presented with McNees’ flag Monday. Michaelson was unable to find any of McNees’ surviving family members.

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The color guard, representing multiple branches of the military, marches to the front of the crowd on Memorial Day, Monday, May 20, 2017, at the Washington State Veterans Cemetery in Medical Lake.

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David Michaelson, a U.S. Navy veteran, holds a flag given by the military honor guard Monday, May 29, 2017, during Memorial Day ceremonies at the Washington State Veterans Cemetery in Medical Lake. Michaelson had a good friend from high school, Ronald Harvey McNees, who died in Vietnam in 1965. After researching to see if McNees received military honors at the time of his burial, McNees’ name, along with a few others who had not received military honors at burial, was read aloud and Michaelson was presented with McNees’ flag Monday. Michaelson was unable to find any of McNees’ surviving family members.

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