May 30, 2016
Arlisa Smith, left, sits by the name of her brother, Army Spc. Johnny Smith, with daughter Victoria Polite and granddaughter Brooke Robinson, 3, prior to the start of the Memorial Day ceremony May 30 at the Capt. Rocky Versace Plaza and Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
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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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