photo by: Ashley Golledge

Lawrence veteran Dan Weis plays a salute on Monday, May 31, 2021, to mark Memorial Day. Weis is the club manager for the Lawrence Dorsey-Liberty American Legion Post.

The Lawrence Dorsey-Liberty American Legion Post held a Memorial Day ceremony Monday at its post. COVID precautions kept the event from being held at its usual Oak Hill Cemetery location.

photo by: Ashley Golledge

Lawrence veteran Alan Coddington addresses a crowd of veterans and their family members at the Lawrence Dorsey-Liberty American Legion Post on Monday, May 31, 2021.

photo by: Ashley Golledge

Lawrence veteran William G. Wood and Wanda Wood participate in a Memorial Day celebration at the Lawrence Dorsey-Liberty American Legion Post on Monday, May 31, 2021.

photo by: Ashley Golledge

Lawrence veteran Alan Van Leonen addresses a crowd of veterans and their family members at the Lawrence Dorsey-Liberty American Legion Post on Monday, May 31, 2021. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the post held a Memorial Day celebration at the post rather than its traditional ceremony at Oak Hill Cemetery.

photo by: Ashley Golledge

Lawrence veteran William G. Wood and Wanda Wood participate in a Memorial Day celebration at the Lawrence Dorsey-Liberty American Legion Post on Monday, May 31, 2021.

photo by: Ashley Golledge

Lawrence veterans Alan Coddington, left, and Alan Van Leonen raise the American flag at the Lawrence Dorsey-Liberty American Legion Post on Monday, May 31, 2021. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the post held a Memorial Day celebration at the post rather than its traditional ceremony at Oak Hill Cemetery.

photo by: Ashley Golledge

The honor guard of the Lawrence Dorsey-Liberty American Legion Post prepare to fire a rifle salute Monday, May 31, 2021, to mark Memorial Day. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the post held the gun salute in the parking lot of the post rather than its traditional ceremony at Oak Hill Cemetery.

photo by: Ashley Golledge

The honor guard of the Lawrence Dorsey-Liberty American Legion Post prepare to fire a rifle salute Monday, May 31, 2021, to mark Memorial Day. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the post held the gun salute in the parking lot of the post rather than its traditional ceremony at Oak Hill Cemetery.

photo by: Ashley Golledge

Lawrence veteran Dan Weis plays a salute on Monday, May 31, 2021, to mark Memorial Day. Weis is the club manager for the Lawrence Dorsey-Liberty American Legion Post.

photo by: Ashley Golledge

The honor guard of the Lawrence Dorsey-Liberty American Legion Post prepare to fire a rifle salute Monday, May 31, 2021, to mark Memorial Day. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the post held the gun salute in the parking lot of the post rather than its traditional ceremony at Oak Hill Cemetery.

photo by: Ashley Golledge

The honor guard of the Lawrence Dorsey-Liberty American Legion Post fires a rifle salute Monday, May 31, 2021, to mark Memorial Day. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the post held the gun salute in the parking lot of the post rather than its traditional ceremony at Oak Hill Cemetery.

photo by: Ashley Golledge

The honor guard of the Lawrence Dorsey-Liberty American Legion Post fires a rifle salute Monday, May 31, 2021, to mark Memorial Day. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the post held the gun salute in the parking lot of the post rather than its traditional ceremony at Oak Hill Cemetery.