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Brig. Gen. Lenny Williams affixes an ornament honoring a fallen service member on the tree with members of Bloomington Boy Scout Troop 19.

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A Gold Star Family member affixes an ornament with the name of a fallen service member during the American Gold Star Families’ Fallen Heroes Tree of Honor Tree Lighting Ceremony.

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Butch and Sherry Ekstam affix an ornament on the tree with the name of their son, U.S. Army Sgt. Joseph M. Ekstam, during the American Gold Star Families’ Fallen Heroes Tree of Honor Tree Lighting Ceremony.

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Miss. Kankakee Teen 2025 and Eagle Scout, Alexis McCullough, whose father, Army Col. Mark R. McCullough, died while serving his nation on Oct. 16, 2019, speaks during the American Gold Star Families’ Fallen Heroes Tree of Honor Tree Lighting Ceremony.

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A Gold Star Family member affixes an ornament with the name of a fallen service member during the American Gold Star Families’ Fallen Heroes Tree of Honor Tree Lighting Ceremony.

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Ethan Coates, 6, affixes an ornament honoring a fallen service member on the tree with help from his father, Matt Coates.

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A Gold Star Family member affixes an ornament with the name of a fallen service member during the American Gold Star Families’ Fallen Heroes Tree of Honor Tree Lighting Ceremony.

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Gold Star Father Kevin Rodgers of Bloomington, Ill., hugs U.S. Army Survivor Outreach Services Coordinator Michelle Rutherford.

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Miss. Kankakee Teen 2025 and Eagle Scout, Alexis McCullough, whose father, Army Col. Mark R. McCullough, died while serving his nation on Oct. 16, 2019, hugs Frances Maddox.

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A Gold Star Family member affixes an ornament with the name of a fallen service member 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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Ethan Coates, 6, affixes an ornament honoring a fallen service member on the tree with help from his father, Matt Coates.

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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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