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Lakeland High School choir and band teacher Mark Sescilla was so moved by his love for America, he wrote a song about it: "That's My Flag." "I'm not a veteran," Sescilla said. "My dad is a veteran, all my three brothers are veterans, half my uncles were veterans. I never went that path, my career took me a different way but I have a great appreciation and I just want to say thank you to you veterans out there that allow the rest of us to do what we want to do a...

The mayor and Rathdrum American Legion Post 154 led the Memorial Day gathering of at least 100 people, including the Northwest Guardian Riders and Boy Scout Troop 911, among the families of veterans and veterans.

Throughout the nation, the American Legion Family either sponsored or took part in the annual event to honor deceased veterans.