Scouts Plant Flags on 48000 Veterans Graves
Hundreds of Scouts from several area troops planted American flags on about 48000 veterans graves at Ohio Western Reserve National Cemetery. The event honored Memorial Day and followed a tradition dating to the cemetery's opening in 1990, with volunteers arranging each flag near gravestones and columns.
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Rittman
Ohio Western Reserve National Cemetery
Dan Williams
Ohio Western Reserve
Jesse Getz
Columbaria
Matthew Schuster
Boy Scouts Troop 175
Brecksville
Nick Schuster
Matthew
Gideon Wisniewski
Cub Scouts
Copley
Ceremony honors fallen service members in Medina County
Ohio West ern Reserve National Cemetery hosted a Sunday ceremony honoring service members who died in the line of duty. speakers included Scott Powers, brother of Navy HTFN Austin Powers, who described his brother’s life and death. Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose, a veteran and former senator, urged patriotism and memorial meaning. Board of Veterans' Appeals Chairwoman Cheryl Mason highlighted veterans’ mental health challenges. The event featured a detachment invocation, flag ceremony, national anthem, and pledge.
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Seville
Medina County
Ohio Western Reserve National Cemetery
Dana Keirstead
555Th Honors Detachment
Daniel Williams
Scott Powers
Navy Htfn
Austin Powers
Austin
Wadsworth High School
Navy
Marine Corps
Hampton
Virginia
Ohio
Frank LaRose
101St Airborne Division
United States Army Reserve Special Forces
Iraq
LaRose
Ohio Senate
Senate
America
Board of Veterans’ Appeals
Cheryl Mason
Mason
Medina Classic Cars Cruise-Ins Bring 100 Plus Vehicles
Medina's Public Square hosts a series of cruise-ins by Medina Cars and Coffee. The first show drew about 150 vintage cars, with Broadway Street closed to showcase vehicles and visitors supporting local businesses while Rich Hillrich music plays as Rich the Lincoln Man.
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Medina
Main Street
Broadway Street
Rich Hillrich
Rich the Lincoln Man
Habitat For Humanity
Hillrich
Scott Kriska
Gazette
Public Square
Litchfield Remembrance Walk honors fallen service members
Residents of Litchfield Township gathered around the gazebo to pay tribute at the annual Remembrance Walk hosted by the Litchfield Historical Society. The ceremony featured colors, the town band, invocations, a guest speaker Army veteran Paul Burlis, wreath laying at Memorial Stone, flag placements at cemeteries, taps, a rifle salute, and benediction.
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Litchfield Twp
America
Litchfield Historical Society
Circle
Crow Corner Cemetery
John Kruggel
Litchfield
John Smith
Krugger
Paul Burlis
Burlis
Military Police
Fort Sam Houston
Lyndon) Johnson
Litchfield Center
Crow Corner
Litchfield Friendly
Workers 4-H Club
Litchfield Township
Kruggel
Norwalk Road
Scott Kriska
Gazette
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