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Members of the Bennington Reds baseball team distribute flags to residents of the Vermont Veterans Home in Bennington. The Reds will playing in Virginia on Independence Day, and so they made an early visit to the vets. "Thank you for your service," they said to each recipient of a flag.
7/1/2008
Album ID: 548924
Photos by Peter Crabtree

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Sen. Bernard Sanders, I-Vt., helped dedicate a new Veterans Administration clinic in Bennington on Monday. John Miner, who served in Vietnam, bowed his head during the invocation. Sanders praised the clinic, saying more were needed in Vermont.
6/16/2008
Album ID: 539583
Photos by Peter Crabtree

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Lewis Bowman stands in the Vermont Veterans Home cemetery in Bennington on Thursday. A liaison at the home, Bowman is involved in a project to replace the cemetery's headstones with new, marble markers.
4/10/2008
Album ID: 493367
Photos by Peter Crabtree

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Ed Farnham, right, holds a carnation given to him Thursday by members of the Bennington Reds baseball team. The players observed Valentine's Day by delivering flowers to the residents of the Vermont Veterans Home. "Thank you for your service," they said.
2/14/2008
Album ID: 437804
Photos by Peter Crabtree

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Terri Burdick shows some of the 25 deer hides collected by Elks Lodge No. 178 in Hoosick Falls, N.Y. The hides will be turned into fingerless gloves for veterans in wheelchairs, among other things. Hunters may donate hides to the program by leaving them in barrels on the porch of the Elks Lodge at 21 Church St.
11/28/2007
Album ID: 381179
Photos by Peter Crabtree

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The Capitol Christmas Tree stopped at the Vermont Veterans Home in Bennington on its way to Washington, D.C. Dignitaries honored the veterans for their military service. A convoy is carrying trees to the Walter Reed Army Medical Center and other veterans hospitals. Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., Lt. Gov. Brian Dubie, Smokey the Bear and Olympic gold medalist Hannah Teter were among those at the event.
11/19/2007
Album ID: 375834
Photos by Peter Crabtree

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Cameron Polunci, 4, of Queensbury, N.Y., wields a pool cue when paying a visit to his great-grandfather, Leland Pierce, 90, a new resident of the Vermont Veterans Home in Bennington.
6/4/2007
Album ID: 281805
Photos by Peter Crabtree