Vernon Pawlik, then age 9, namesake and grandson of  Vernon J.  Baker, repeats his quote "Since my grandfather died, his picture has become history. As soon as he died we have lost a part of history" in front of several hundred mourners at  Baker's funeral at a church near St. Maries Saturday, July 31. Helping him is Dick Shanks. Vernon Pawlik, now 10, has become the center of a controversy after he and his family were denied access to the White House after Baker's funeral in Arlington Cemetery. Story here. And here. (SR photo: Jesse Tinsley)

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