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Company A of the 3rd Maine Regiment Volunteer Infantry member Steven Peterson, right, leads a procession down to the unveiling of the 35th memorial stone Monday in Veterans Memorial Park in Lewiston. Following them is Arnold Sturtevant, the great-great-grandson of Josiah Sturtevant, a Civil War hero who’s name is on the newest stone. Holding Arnold’s hand is his grandson, Josiah. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

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Daniel Cobb, left and Clifford Plourde, members of Marine Corps League Central Maine Detachment 810, unveil the 35th memorial stone Monday morning in Veterans Memorial Park in Lewiston. To their right are members of the Sturtevant family, whose ancestor Josiah was a Civil War veteran who’s name is on the stone. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
A wreath is placed Monday morning during the Veterans Day ceremony in Veterans Memorial Park in Lewiston. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
Normand Bussiere, a member of Franco American War Veterans Post 31, plays taps during Monday’s Veterans Day ceremony in Veterans Memorial Park in Lewiston. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
Veterans and supporters look on during Monday’s Veterans Day ceremony in Veterans Memorial Park in Lewiston. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
Retired Marine Charlie Paul looks on during Monday’s Veterans Day ceremony in Veterans Memorial Park in Lewiston. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
Tina Suttles takes a movie of her son Monday in Veterans Memorial Park during the Veterans Day ceremony in Lewiston. Her son is a member of Company A of the 3rd Maine Regiment Volunteer Infantry Civil War reenactors. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
Vietnam Veteran Sam Boothby salutes Monday as taps is played in Veterans Memorial Park during a Veterans Day ceremony in Lewiston. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
Company A of the 3rd Maine Regiment Volunteer Infantry member Steven Peterson, right, is reflected in a memorial stone as he and others wait for the unveiling of the 35th stone Monday morning in Veterans Memorial Park in Lewiston. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
Jacob Pratt, left, from Boy Scout Troop 116 and Lt. Jaysen Strange from the Civil Air Patrol fold a flag prior to the start of Monday’s Veterans Day ceremony at Veterans Memorial Park in Lewiston. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
Senior Airman Emilee Blake, left, and Chief Master Sgt. Cassidy Strange from the Civil Air Patrol fold a flag prior to the start of Monday’s Veterans Day Ceremony at Veterans Memorial Park in Lewiston. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
Lewiston Auburn Veterans Council Chair Jerry DeWitt presents a flag to Dani Begert, left, and two other women veterans who were honored during Monday’s Veterans Day Ceremony in Veterans Memorial Park in Lewiston. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
U.S. Coast Guard veteran Paul Newton of Brownfield watches the ceremony getting under way Monday in Veterans Memorial Park in Lewiston. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
Members of Company A of the 3rd Maine Regiment Volunteer Infantry Civil War reenactors fire off a volley Monday morning in Veterans Memorial Park during a Veterans Day ceremony presented by Lewiston Auburn Veterans Council. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
Veterans Jerry DeWitt, left, and Charlie Paul were an integral part of coordinating and running Monday’s Veterans Day ceremony at Veterans Memorial Park in Lewiston. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
A crowd assembles Monday morning in Veterans Memorial Park during a Veterans Day celebration hosted by Lewiston Auburn Veterans Council. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
A crowd assembles Monday morning in Veterans Memorial Park during a Veterans Day celebration hosted by Lewiston Auburn Veterans Council. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

A lifelong resident of Lewiston, Russ stumbled into photography as a college student working toward a career in psychology. His great-grandfather Louis B. Costello was the publisher of the Lewiston Daily...