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Photos: Memorial Day Tribute

Danielle Michaels (left), a member of the Auxiliary to the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, hands out flags to attendees following at a special outdoor Mass and Memorial Day Tribute at a ceremony at Calvary Cemetery, 5503 W. Blue Mound Road in Milwaukee. The Mass was led by Archbishop Jerome Listecki, a veteran, who served as chaplain in the United States Army Reserves for 20 years and retired as a lieutenant colonel.
Danielle Michaels (left), a member of the Auxiliary to the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, hands out flags to attendees following at a special outdoor Mass and Memorial Day Tribute at a ceremony at Calvary Cemetery, 5503 W. Blue Mound Road in Milwaukee. The Mass was led by Archbishop Jerome Listecki, a veteran, who served as chaplain in the United States Army Reserves for 20 years and retired as a lieutenant colonel.
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Members of the 1st Brigade Band play at the outdoor Mass .
Members of the 1st Brigade Band play at the outdoor Mass .
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Following a special outdoor Mass at a Civil War Memorial Day ceremony, attendees process to the graves of Civil War veterans.
Following a special outdoor Mass at a Civil War Memorial Day ceremony, attendees process to the graves of Civil War veterans.
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Guest speaker and Vietnam war veteran John Christensen (second from left) fires a cannon at Memorial Day Tribute put on by the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War.
Guest speaker and Vietnam war veteran John Christensen (second from left) fires a cannon at Memorial Day Tribute put on by the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War.
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Archbishop Jerome Listecki (left) presides at the special outdoor Mass.
Archbishop Jerome Listecki (left) presides at the special outdoor Mass.
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Abraham Lincoln reenactor Nicholas Bur (CQ) is escorted by an honor guard.
Abraham Lincoln reenactor Nicholas Bur (CQ) is escorted by an honor guard.
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A Civil War veterans grave is shown during a Memorial Day tribute.
A Civil War veterans grave is shown during a Memorial Day tribute.
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