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Guest speaker Jason Jones, owner of Advantage Restoration & Contracting, at the ceremony.
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Post Commander Larry Gmytruk and American Legion Auxiliary Unit 26 President Pam McGregor walk behind a wreath to honor the dead. Post 26' s wreath was made by Penny Forbes.
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A plaque in Post 26 honoring Plant City residents who died during conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Legionnaire Rob McGregor said post 26 is unique in its naming. Most legion posts are named for veterans who came home, while Post 26 is named for Norman McLeod, a Plant City resident who died in World War I.
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Three rifles are crossed as soldiers would have them while resting serve as a de facto funeral pyre for the lists of dead service men and women.
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Aspen Stafford of the Plant City High School ROTC carries a wreath from the Greater Plant City Chamber of Commerce.
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Alvin McGary, past commander of American Legion Post 26 speaks during the ceremony.
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Plant City High School ROTC at the American Legion Post 26.
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The POW/MIA table is a place setting representing the soldiers taken prisoner or designated as missing in action. Next to it is a wood carving of a soldier kneeling in front of a "soldier' s cross" made by a former legionnaire.
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American Flag cake courtesy of Girl Scout Troop 2912
American Legion Post 26, Plant City, honored fallen service men and women Monday during its Annual Memorial Day Ceremony.
Memorial Day, a federal holiday observed on the last Monday of May, was designed to be a sober day of reflection honoring men and women who died while serving in the armed forces of the United States of America.
