PHOTOS: 2024 Memorial Day Ceremony

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Jennifer Daniels, Lenexa, second from left, and her nieces, left to right, Kaylee Huff, 5; Victoria Huff, 3; and Daniels' daughter Mara Daniels, 6; place flowers at the tombstone of the girls' great-grandfather Wilbur Owen Row, a veteran of World War II, Monday, May 27, 2024. Daniels and the girls were visiting the gravestone at Oak Hill Cemetery in Lawrence and attending the annual memorial ceremony by American Legion Dorsey-Liberty Post No. 14 of Lawrence.

The American Legion Dorsey-Liberty Post No. 14 of Lawrence held its annual service for Memorial Day on Monday.

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A flyover of planes pass over the annual memorial ceremony by American Legion Dorsey-Liberty Post No. 14 of Lawrence on Monday, May 27, 2024, at Oak Hill Cemetery. Flyovers are done as a tribute to military personnel who have died in service to our country.

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People attending the annual Memorial Day ceremony by American Legion Dorsey-Liberty Post No. 14 of Lawrence on Monday, May 27, at Oak Hill Cemetery, look to the sky as four planes make a flyover in a tribute to military personnel who have died in service to our country.

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People attending the annual memorial ceremony by American Legion Dorsey-Liberty Post No. 14 of Lawrence recite the Pledge of Allegiance during the event Monday, May 27, at Oak Hill Cemetery.

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From left Alexander King, Lawrence, Ret, Navy, his wife Rachel, their daughter Lilliane, 2, and hidden from view, their 7-month-old daughter Darya pass by the Avenue of Flags to attend memorial services organized by American Legion Dorsey-Liberty Post No. 14 on Monday, May 27, 2024, at Oak Hill Cemetery.

The Honor Guard with American Legion Dorsey-Liberty Post No. 14 of Lawrence, enters for memorial services Monday, May 27, 2024, at Oak Hill Cemetery.

Korean War veteran Leo Shaw, 95, Lawrence, sings the song “Tumbling Tumbleweeds” near the gravestone of Wanda Shaw, his wife for 48 years, on Monday, May 27, at Oak Hill Cemetery. The annual memorial ceremony put on by American Legion Dorsey-Liberty Post No. 14 of Lawrence was taking place nearby.

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Lt. Col Albert Ballard, Ret. US Army, and a member of American Legion Dorsey-Liberty Post No. 14 of Lawrence, salutes at the conclusion of memorial services Monday, May 27, 2024, at Oak Hill Cemetery.

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