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Low Key Memorial Day Focuses On Remembrance

Commander Curtis Vaughn of the Escalon American Legion Gustafson Thompson Post 263 and his grandson, Donovan Vaughn, 9, work to place flags on the graves of veterans at Burwood Cemetery on Saturday morning, May 23. Most of the gravesites already had them; a group of Post members did a walk through to make sure each veteran grave was marked. Marg Jackson/The Times

cemetery et — Commander Curtis Vaughn of the Escalon American Legion Gustafson Thompson Post 263 and his grandson, Donovan Vaughn, 9, work to place flags on the graves of veterans at Burwood Cemetery on Saturday morning, May 23. Most of the gravesites already had them; a group of Post members did a walk through to make sure each veteran grave was marked. Marg Jackson/The Times

Flags were flying, but there were no official Memorial Day ceremonies this year.

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