Memorial Day 2013 - Bay Village

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  • Bay High Marching Band at Lakeside Cemetery ceremonies

  • Rev. Ned Weist gives the benediction at Lakeside Cemetery

  • Girls Scouts Troop 70889 lay flowers on the graves of veterans

  • American Legion riflemen fire a 21 gun salute

  • The family of John Solomon prepare to release a dove in his memory.

  • Bay Village Mayor Debbie Sutherland

  • Bay Village city council members

  • Burt Wolf, a former longtime resident of Bay Village, received the French Legion of Honor from Steven Knerly, Cleveland’s honorary French consul, during Bay’s Memorial Day ceremony. Wolf was honored for helping to liberate France from Germany during World War II, spending 180 days on the front lines. The special moment highlighted the patriotic festivities at the gazebo in Cahoon Memorial Park.

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