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Brig. Gen. Lenny William speaks during the American Gold Star Families’ Fallen Heroes Tree of Honor Tree Lighting Ceremony.

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Gold Star Mission President Barry Tobias, U.S. Army Survivor Outreach Services Coordinator Michelle Rutherford, Gold Star Mother Vonda Rodgers, and Brig. Gen. Lenny Williams, the Assistant Adjutant General of the Illinois National Guard and Commander of the Illinois Army National Guard, pose for a photo.

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American Gold Star Families, Inc., President Frances Maddox holds up a Blue Star Flag while explaining the history of the Gold Star during the American Gold Star Families’ Fallen Heroes Tree of Honor Tree Lighting Ceremony.

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U.S. Army Survivor Outreach Services Coordinator Michelle Rutherford and Darin Funk, the incoming executive director of American Gold Star Families, Inc., affix ornaments to the tree.

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Brig. Gen. Lenny Williams speaks during the American Gold Star Families’ Fallen Heroes Tree of Honor Tree Lighting Ceremony.

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Darin Funk, the incoming executive director of American Gold Star Families, Inc., thanks the organization's president, Frances Maddox, during the American Gold Star Families’ Fallen Heroes Tree of Honor Tree Lighting Ceremony.

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Janet Ulbrich holds a photograph of her uncle, U.S. Army Sgt. Harold W. TeVoert, with her daughter, Karen Ulbrich and Bloomington (IL) Mayor Dan Brady at American Gold Star Families’ Fallen Heroes Tree of Honor Tree Lighting Ceremony.

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Alec Tobias, 16, a volunteer with Gold Star Mission, affixes an ornament honoring a fallen service member on the tree during the American Gold Star Families’ Fallen Heroes Tree of Honor Tree Lighting Ceremony.

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A color guard from American Legion Post 635 in Normal and Post 56 in Bloomington with Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 454 in Bloomington retires the colors.

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Central Illinois Regional Airport Deputy Executive Director Derek Snyder welcomes the Gold Star Families to the airport.

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American Gold Star Families, Inc., President Frances Maddox explains the history of the Gold Star.

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Soldiers from the Illinois Army National Guard’s 333rd Military Police Co.

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Soldiers from the Illinois Army National Guard’s 333rd Military Police Co.

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Soldiers from the Illinois Army National Guard’s 333rd Military Police Co.

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Soldiers from the Illinois Army National Guard’s 333rd Military Police Co.

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Soldiers from the Illinois Army National Guard’s 333rd Military Police Co.

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Soldiers from the Illinois Army National Guard’s 333rd Military Police Co.

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Soldiers from the Illinois Army National Guard’s 333rd Military Police Co.

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Soldiers from the Illinois Army National Guard’s 333rd Military Police Co.

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Soldiers from the Illinois Army National Guard’s 333rd Military Police Co.

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