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The large American flag is back on a fence along Dundee Road at Bach Street in Northbrook thanks to veterans of an American Legion Post.

It is nearly time for incoming high school seniors to create the nation's mythic 51st state -- Illinois Premier Boys State and its slightly younger sister, Illini Girls State, promoted by the American Legion Auxiliary.

Post 22 in Hood River honors Nisei World War II veterans, one of many ways American Legion Family members commemorated Veterans Day.

For the first time in two years, a longtime Veterans Day tradition returned to Northbrook Junior High.Members of the George W. Benjamin American Legion Post 791 joined students in a packed gymnasium for a ceremony that also featured music by the school's wind ensemble on Friday.The partnership between the American Legion Post goes back at least 30 years, Post Commander Tom Kittler said during his speech. The COVID-19 pandemic moved the event away from the school in 2020 and 2021, however.

The Northbrook School of Music & Beer, made up of members of the George W. Benjamin Post 791 Sons of the American Legion, will perform a free concert from 12:30 to 3:45 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 22, at Village Green Park in Northbrook. The band will accept tips, which will be donated to the Northbrook Historical Society.