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Honoring those who served: Military members celebrated at Orem Veterans Day program
The final major patriotic holiday of the United States' yearlong 250th anniversary celebration was recognized Wednesday with ceremonies and assemblies throughout Utah Valley. In Orem, American Legion Orem Post 72 and city officials honored Veterans Day with a program that demonstrated some of the military's most revered traditions Wednesday morning at Orem City Cemetery. A posting of the military flags was performed by Post 72, followed by a flag exchange ceremony carried out by the Orem Fire Department Honor Guard and Post 72. A worn-out flag raised atop the pole at the cemetery’s ...