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Photos: Memorial Day

| May 27, 2019 5:09 PM

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Flags mark graves at the Whitefish Cemetery on Memorial Day. (Heidi Desch/Whitefish Pilot)

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A youngster waves a flag from the backseat of a car in the Memorial Day parade. (Heidi Desch/Whitefish Pilot)

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Retired U.S. Army Colonel Ward E. Marshall served as guest speaker for the Memorial Day Ceremony Monday at the Whitefish Cemetery following a parade down Second Street. The Whitefish’s Lion Mountain VFW Post 276 sponsored the Memorial Day events. (Heidi Desch/Whitefish Pilot)

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A float makes its way down Second Street during the Memorial Day Parade on Monday. (Heidi Desch/Whitefish Pilot)

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Dennis Dryer, with the Lion Mountain VFW Post 276, prepares to salute a wreath after placing it during the Memorial Day Ceremony Monday at the Whitefish Cemetery. (Heidi Desch/Whitefish Pilot)

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The Memorial Day parade makes its way down Second Street toward the Whitefish Cemetery on Memorial Day. (Heidi Desch/Whitefish Pilot)

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Sheila Schwegel-Coulter, Whitefish’s Lion Mountain VFW Post 276 Quartermaster, speaks during the Memorial Day Ceremony Monday at the Whitefish Cemetery. (Heidi Desch/Whitefish Pilot)

The Whitefish VFW Post 276 held its annual Memorial Day parade Monday afternoon through downtown.

The parade followed Second Street before pausing on the Veterans Memorial Bridge for a wreath laying ceremony, and then continuing to the Whitefish Cemetery for a ceremony.