People gathered at formal ceremonies to mark Memorial Day at the Veterans’ Memorial on the Delaney Park Strip in Downtown Anchorage and at the Fort Richardson National Cemetery on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson.
Retired Army Colonel Peter Goldberg, left, salutes during the fallen warrior memorial ceremony at a Memorial Day ceremony on Monday in Downtown Anchorage. (Loren Holmes / ADN)
U.S. Air Force veteran Cal Williams walks through the Fort Richardson National Cemetery on his way to visit the headstone of a friend on Memorial Day. (Bill Roth / ADN)
11th Airborne Division Commanding General Maj. Gen. Brian Eifler, left, and Command Sergeant Major Vern Daley placed a wreath during the Memorial Day ceremony at Fort Richardson National Cemetery. (Bill Roth / ADN)
Anna Nofsinger and her mother Hannah Frenier placed tulips grown in her front yard at the headstone for retired U.S. Army Lt. Col. Julius Frenier who served in Korea and Vietnam, during a visit to the Fort Richardson National Cemetery on Memorial Day. (Bill Roth / ADN)
Maj. Gen. Brian Eifler, commanding general of the 11th Airborne Division, right, looks on as Michael Livingston unveils an engraving for Unangax̂ World War II soldier PFC George Fox during a Memorial Day ceremony on Monday in Downtown Anchorage. According to Livingston, who is a cultural heritage specialist who works with the Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association, Fox is the only Unangax̂ known to have died in World War II or any American war since. PFC Fox's name is the first to be added to the WWII memorial. (Loren Holmes / ADN)
Michael Livingston unveils an engraving for Unangax̂ World War II soldier PFC George Fox. (Loren Holmes / ADN)
Paratroopers from 1/40 Cav performed a three-volley salute during the Memorial Day ceremony at Fort Richardson National Cemetery. (Bill Roth / ADN)
Memorial Day ceremony at Fort Richardson National Cemetery. (Bill Roth / ADN)
Memorial Day ceremony at Fort Richardson National Cemetery. (Bill Roth / ADN)
Sgt. Abraham Hancock with the 11th Airborne Division Band played Taps during the Memorial Day ceremony at Fort Richardson National Cemetery on Monday. (Bill Roth / ADN)
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