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Despite pandemic, county finds way to commemorate Veterans Day 2020
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The COVID-19 pandemic put the brakes on the usual Veterans Day events in Pembroke and Richmond Hill, but folks adapted. 

In the above photo, Daniel Curry, Trish West, Grant Shuman, Shelby Hill, Chelsea Jennings, Jaden Randall, Daxne Carerra, Daxwell Carerra and Hayden Williams, all members of West’s 4-H group helped Pembroke American Legion Post 164 member Ernie Mitchell, far right, put flags on the graves of veterans buried in Northside Cemetery. 

In the photo below, Richmond Hill Mayor Russ Carpenter and the city honored local veterans with a video tribute including photos of a number of veterans that played on itsFacebook page.

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