COVID-19 not stopping tributes to veterans

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Scott Johnson, Grove Farm Museum engineer, left, explains the process for changing out weathered rail crossbeams to Boy Scouts from Troop 334, sponsored by Holy Cross Church in Kalaheo, Saturday when the Scouts converged at the Haleko Road train baseyard for a service project.

Dennis Fujimoto / The Garden Island

Lion John Baxter of the East Kaua‘i Lions Club, employed by the U.S. Navy’s Pacific Missile Range Facility at Barkiong Sands near Kekaha, leads a line of Lions waving American flags as a tribute to veterans Saturday on Rice Street fronting the Historic County Building.

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Kaua‘i entertainer and songwriter Larry Rivera performs “Charlie’s Song” Saturday to provide entertainment for the Lions Clubs members waving American flags as a tribute to veterans.

Dennis Fujimoto / The Garden Island

Boy Scouts from Troop 334, sponsored by Holy Cross Church in Kalaheo, wield various tools of the trade Saturday during their service project involving the changing out of weathered railroad crossbeams at the Haleko Road train yard.

Dennis Fujimoto / The Garden Island

Rachel Graff, on active duty with the U.S. Army and visiting her dad Larry Graff, is joined by Lions James Whitfield, and John Baxter, active with the U.,S. Navy Pacific Missile Range Facility at Barking Sands, during a sign-waving tribute to veterans Saturday on Rice Street fronting the Historic County Building.

LIHU‘E — COVID-19 and its accompanying rules, mandates and measures to prevent its spread in the community has created a wealth of changes and adjustments in the community’s tribute and mahalo to veterans.

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