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Members of the U.S. Military Academy class of 1959 listen as Miss Virginia, Savannah Lane, sings God Bless America during the May 30 Memorial Day ceremony at the Capt. Rocky Versace Plaza and Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Del Ray.

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Alexandria: Remembering the Fallen

Memorial Day ceremony honors local veterans.

Arlisa Smith was 13 years old when her older brother Johnny died while serving his country in Vietnam. On Monday, Smith returned to the Del Ray neighborhood they grew up in to see for the first time the memorial where his name is chiseled in stone beneath a gold star.

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