BLOOMINGTON — A U.S. flag flaps in the strong west wind. Members of the American Legion Honor Guard stand at attention as the family of an Air Force veteran walks to the gravesite at East Lawn ...

Military funerals seem to always stir the emotions — The 21- gun salute, careful folding of the flag and presentation to the family, and the playing of Taps. These duties ...

All eyes were on the American flag Monday as U.S. Air Force veteran Jack Lanier carried it into the room. Lanier, a member of American Legion Post 232 in Longview, was part of the honor guard at the ...

Correspondent photo / John Patrick Gatta Members of the Youngstown Air Reserve Station’s Civil Air Patrol raise the flag while they are saluted by Rick Lily, commander of the Girard American Legion ...

Spanish-American Veteran William Kincel who was born in Goshen has been laid to rest for a second time in Edwardsburg. The short ceremony saw a speech from Gordon Carr a member of the Honor Guard of ...

This is a note of thanks and appreciation to the nice gentleman who paid for our lunch at the Lexington McDonald's Restaurant. The honor guard of American Legion Post 625 in Normal had just performed ...

Legionnaires from American Legion Post 193 of Chapin will lay to rest the cremated remains of two previously unclaimed veterans at Fort Jackson National Cemetery at 11 a.m. on March ...