Record-Eagle/Nathan Payne
Vietnam-era Army veteran Gary Fender salutes a passerby Monday morning while he stands in honor of Veteran's Day along Grandview Parkway with a group celebrating the holiday with the the Grand Traverse Area Veterans Coolition. "Compared to what these guys have tone through for the country, this is nothing," said Tom Whilden from nearby while a group of demonstrators stood in the wind holding flags. "We have a choice to do this, they didn't." The pair of men along with about a dozen others stood for about three hours along the roadway showing their respect for veterans.

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