Reena Rose

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JERSEY CITY, NJ, NOVEMBER 11, 2008 -- John Rykowski plays Taps during the

Veterans Day ceremony at the Jersey City-Harsimus cemetery.

A crowd gathers at the cemetery for the ceremony.

Ruthanne Harrison, her granddaughter Brianna Witt, 3, and her brother James Carr,

attend the Veteran's Day ceremony at the cemetery where several of their family

members are buried. At left is Steven Panzariello, 7, whose father,

Andrew, is a volunteer caretaker of the cemetery.

Eileen Markenstein, president of the Jersey City and Harsimus Cemetery Board of Trustees,

sings "God Bless America" along with kids from the Boys and Girls Club of Hudson County.

Jersey City-Harsimus Cemetery volunteer Joan Koehler and WWII veteran Frank

Murphy, 82, look for tombstones of Civil War and WWI veterans to place American flags.

UNION CITY, NJ, NOVEMBER 11, 2008 -- Richard Clerici, 78, a Korean War army

veteran, attends the Veterans Day commemoration at the Ellsworth Park.

Veterans, from left, Enzo Neri, 86, Richard Clerici, 78, and Joseph

Caputo, 91, place a wreath by the war memorial at Ellsworth Park.

JERSEY CITY, NJ, NOVEMBER 11, 2008 -- Honor guards for the Korean War Veterans Association

of Hudson County, Marine Corps veteran Louis Giovanni, 77, right, and Air Force veteran Ray Mahan, 75,

are reflected on the walls of the Hudson County Korean War Memorial during the Veterans Day ceremony.

Ray Mahan, 75, who was an airforce combat medic, looks at the plaque

his family dedicated to him at the Hudson County Korean War Memorial.

Paul Maiellaro, 76, who was an army military police, attends the

Veterans Day ceremony at the Hudson County Korean War Memorial.

The Jersey City Fire Department Honor Guard takes part in the

Veterans Day ceremony at the Hudson County Korean War Memorial.

Members of the McNair Academic Junior ROTC take part in the

Veterans Day ceremony at the Hudson County Korean War Memorial.