Color guard holds aloft Old Glory.Mark Alan Lovewell
A moment of silence to honor Allan (Buddy) deBettencourt.Mark Alan Lovewell
Island Boy Scouts helped celebrate Veterans Day.Mark Alan Lovewell
VFW Post 9261 quartermaster Peter Herrmann welcomed his fellow veterans.Mark Alan Lovewell
“Let us never forget those veterans who have gone before us and always honor all veterans.”Mark Alan Lovewell
Air Force and Air National Guard veteran David Berube recited a prayer.Mark Alan Lovewell
Mary McDonald sings the Star Spangled Banner.Mark Alan Lovewell
JoAnn Murphy, former director of veterans affairs for the Vineyard, addressed the crowd.Mark Alan Lovewell
Retired Tisbury fire chief John Schilling played Taps at the Ocean Park ceremony.Mark Alan Lovewell
Edgartown police chief Bruce McNamee performs Amazing Grace on the bagpipes.Mark Alan Lovewell
This was the ninth year in a row the Veterans Administration had nationally recognized Oak Bluffs as a site for the observance of Veterans Day.Mark Alan Lovewell
Firing squad shot three times into the air.Mark Alan Lovewell
A crowd of about 30 veterans and onlookers gathered in Ocean Park Wednesday morning under gray skies and warm temperatures for a ceremony in honor of Veterans Day.
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