Photos: East Lawn Cemetery hosts a virtual Memorial Day ceremony
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Rebecca Sasnett
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Veterans, family members and friends attend East Lawn Palms Cemetery Memorial Day Service Lest We Forget at East Lawn Palms Mortuary and Cemetery on Monday.
The live-streamed event included a presentation of colors and the Son's of the American Revolution rifle salute.
As well as ceremonial wreaths placed on military branch memorial pillars inside the Garden of Honor by the Scottish American Military Society, Military Order of World Wars Catalina Chapter, the Vietnam Veterans of America Tucson Chapter 106 and Disabled American Veterans Auxiliary Unit 2.
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Cynthia Wagner sits in front of her fathers, Private First Class Harold J. Cleveland, grave after East Lawn Palms Cemetery Memorial Day Service Lest We Forget at East Lawn Palms Mortuary and Cemetery, 5801 E. Grant Rd., in Tucson, May 31, 2021.
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An attendee salutes a memorial pillar for the Navy during East Lawn Palms Cemetery Memorial Day Service Lest We Forget at East Lawn Palms Mortuary and Cemetery, 5801 E. Grant Rd., in Tucson, May 31, 2021.
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W. Mark Clark, member of the Son's of the American Revolution, shoots a rifle during the rifle salute in East Lawn Palms Cemetery Memorial Day Service Lest We Forget at East Lawn Palms Mortuary and Cemetery, 5801 E. Grant Rd., in Tucson, May 31, 2021.
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Cynthia Wagner sits in front of the grave of her father, Private First Class Harold J. Cleveland, at East Lawn Palms Mortuary and Cemetery after a Memorial Day Service in Tucson, May 31, 2021.
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Kelly Cheeseman prepares flowers in front of the grave of her father, Senior Master Sergeant William J. Pitts, before the East Lawn Palms Cemetery Memorial Day Service Lest We Forget at East Lawn Palms Mortuary and Cemetery, 5801 E. Grant Rd., in Tucson, May 31, 2021.
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Donald Meabon, retired senior master sergeant who served in the Air Force for 23 years, salutes during the national anthem in the East Lawn Palms Cemetery Memorial Day Service Lest We Forget at East Lawn Palms Mortuary and Cemetery, 5801 E. Grant Rd., in Tucson, May 31, 2021.
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Jan Jones takes pictures of the grave of her nephew, Sergeant Sean Cataudella, before the East Lawn Palms Cemetery Memorial Day Service Lest We Forget at East Lawn Palms Mortuary and Cemetery, 5801 E. Grant Rd., in Tucson, May 31, 2021.
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Sun light shines through two American flags placed in front of a grave before the East Lawn Palms Cemetery Memorial Day Service Lest We Forget at East Lawn Palms Mortuary and Cemetery, 5801 E. Grant Rd., in Tucson, May 31, 2021.
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An iPad is set up to record the East Lawn Palms Cemetery Memorial Day Service Lest We Forget at East Lawn Palms Mortuary and Cemetery, 5801 E. Grant Rd., in Tucson, May 31, 2021.
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Jesse Lucas, right, and Anthony Lucas, place flowers in front of the grave of their father, retired Technical Sergeant Jesse Lucas Jr., during the East Lawn Palms Cemetery Memorial Day Service Lest We Forget at East Lawn Palms Mortuary and Cemetery, 5801 E. Grant Rd., in Tucson, May 31, 2021. The live-streamed event included the Son's of the American Revolution rifle salute, placing ceremonial wreaths and the Presentation of Colors.
Rebecca Sasnett
Photojournalist
