Batavia's Veterans Mark Memorial Day

Vietnam veteran Ted Wilkinson speaks by the Vietnam Veterans Memorial at Genesee County Park


A Color Guard comprised of local VFW members stands at attention near the World War I monument in Williams Park


A bugler plays Taps, while veteran and Memorial Day organizer Jim Neider salutes, at right, during the observance at the VA Medical Center


A veteran resident of the VA Nursing Home holds hands with his wife during a prayer


The American flag hangs at half-mast with the POW/MIA flag, at the VA Medical Center


Veteran representatives of local VFW's hang a wreath at Batavia's Upton Monument


Veterans assemble for an observance at Elmwood Cemetery


The Armed Forces memorial at Elmwood Cemetery


Flags placed at the Jerome Center - one for each local veteran who died this past year


A firing squad offers a rifle salute at the Jerome Center


Vietnam veteran Jim Neider straightens a flag at the grave of Glenn Loomis, the namesake of Neider's Glenn S. Loomis VFW Post 332


The graves of the Hansen Brothers, where the final Memorial Day observance takes place each year