November 10, 2010 in City

Cub Scout Pack 420 members fold a casket flag in front of VFW members Jerry Herker, Steve Davis, Ben Gittings and Doug Jones on Wednesday Nov. 10, 2010, during the Chester Elementary School Veterans Day observance.

VFW Post 51 member Doug Jones is applauded by Chester Elementary School students and teachers during the school’s Veterans Day celebration Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2010.

Chester Elementary School students sing the National Anthem as the Fairchild Air Force Base honor guard presents the colors during the school’s Veterans Day Celebration on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2010.

Marge Wright stands and sings “God Bless the USA” with her grandchildren Natalie and Colton Gilbert, and her husband, Ted Wright of VFW Post 51 during Chester Elementary School’s Veterans Day celebration on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2010.

Jerry Herker, of VFW Post 3386, left, joins hands with Cub Scout Master Chris Haase, center, and den leader Patrick Barclay while singing “God Bless the USA” at the Chester Elementary School’s Veterans Day celebration Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2010.

Cub Scout den leader Robert Jordan, left, assists Cub Scout Jacob Allen, center, at Chester Elementary School on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2010, in raising an American flag that once flew over Iraq.

Chester Elementary School students watch an American flag that once flew over Iraq being raised at their school during a Veteran’s Day celebration Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2010.

An American flag that once flew over Iraq now flies over Chester Elementary School. It was raised Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2010.

VFW members Paul Manley, Jerry Herker and Doug Jones salute the American flag raised at Chester Elementary School on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2010.

Michelle and Michael Madonna load care packages gathered by Chester Elementary School students Nov. 10, 2010. The kids were able to collect the items in just over a week and the boxes will be sent to troops fighting in the Mideast.