The VFW 9474 Post of Custer and the American Legion Post 86 and Post
247 honored those laid to rest at Veterans' Park at the corner of Third
and H streets in Blaine Monday. The ceremony was part of a weekend-long
series of events that included a candlelight vigil on Sunday, the
placement of American flags at every veteran’s grave at Blaine Cemetery
on Saturday, and a full service at Hillsdale Cemetery on Monday. At top
left is Mary “Emma” Spiegel, the sister of Robert George “Bobby”
Schoening, a Blaine native and Korean War vet, who will be buried at
Arlington National Cemetery on June 19, almost 60 years after he was
declared missing in action.