Veterans Day in Spokane

Photographs from the Veterans Day observance at the Spokane Arena on Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009.

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Wed., Nov. 11, 2009

The honor guard stands at attention during the Pledge of Allegiance at the Veterans Day observance at the Spokane Arena on Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009.

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A crowd gathers for speeches and memorial events at the Veterans Day observance at the Spokane Arena Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009.

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Former Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker speaks at the Veterans Day observance at the Spokane Arena Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009.

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Former U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker, left, pins a Purple Heart on Master Sgt. Lawrence Jeffereson at the Veterans Day observance at the Spokane Arena Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009. Jefferson was injured in a car bombing in Afghanistan.

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Former U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker, left, applauds after pinning a Purple Heart on Master Sgt. Lawrence Jeffereson at the Veterans Day observance at the Spokane Arena Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009. Jefferson was injured in a car bomb attack in Afghanistan.

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Master Sgt. Lawrence Jefferson waits on stage as the crowd applauds his newly pinned Purple Heart medal at the Veterans Day observance at the Spokane Arena Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009. Jefferson was on a security detail headed to pick up the U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan when his team was ambushed with a car bomb.

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Members of a Navy honor guard wait their turn to give the 21-gun salute at the Veterans Day observance at the Spokane Arena on Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009.

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Members of the Washington Air National Guard Band play at the Veterans Day observance at the Spokane Arena Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009.

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Veteran Jim King, right, pumps his fist as the band plays a medley of service songs at the Veterans Day observance at the Spokane Arena on Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009.

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Myrt Sherburn rises with a wreath to lay at the Veterans Day observance at the Spokane Arena Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009. She led the Gold Star Mothers, a group of women who have lost children in war. Her son died in the Vietnam War in 1969. Behind her is Kim Cole, whose son, Darrel Morris, was killed in Iraq.

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A group of Gold Star Mothers, each of whom has lost a son in war, and led by Myrt Sherburn, right, lay a wreath at the Veterans Day observance at the Spokane Arena Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009. Sherburn lost her son "Buzz" Sherburn in Vietnam in 1969. Behind Sherburn is Kim Cole, who lost her son Darrel Morris in Iraq.

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Spokane City Council president Joe Shogan reads the city proclamation for the day at the Veterans Day observance at the Spokane Arena Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009.

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U.S. Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers speaks at the Veterans Day observance at the Spokane Arena Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009.

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