Fallen veterans saluted at local Memorial Day services

American history teaches us there are many ways to honor the nation.

Memorial Day in La Conner added the lesson that there are just as many ways to salute the country’s fallen heroes.

There were large turnouts at both the Pleasant Ridge and Swinomish Tribal Community cemeteries Monday morning for local Memorial Day services. Each stressed the need to remember the many sacrifices made by America’s men and women in uniform.

Each ceremony was equal parts reflective and spiritual.

Rev. Don Robinson, a La Conner High alum officiating his final Pleasant Ridge Memorial Day gathering – he is due...