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Deborah Weidman of Venice traces the name of her friend Henry Smith, who lost his life in Vietnam, prior to the opening of the Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall ceremony Saturday morning at Pioneer Park in Englewood.

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Englewood resident Elizabeth Spisak takes a photo of one of the memorial plaques on display for the Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall Saturday morning, prior to a special ceremony at Pioneer Park in Englewood.

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Jeff Kopec, a 2011 graduate of North Port High School, traces the name of his father’s friend Dennis Bergenstein, who died in Vietnam, on the replica erected at Pioneer Park in Englewood Saturday.

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Greg Rineer, a retired U.S. Marine, provided opening remarks during a memorial ceremony for the Vietnam Traveling Wall Saturday at Pioneer Park in Englewood.

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The Englewood VFW Post 10178 Veterans Honor Guard presented colors during the memorial ceremony Saturday morning.

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Greg Rineer, right, salutes the American flag while Henry Monzello Jr. of Englewood sings the national anthem Saturday at a memorial service in Englewood's Pioneer Park at the Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall. About 1,000 people attended Saturday and an estimated 8,000 attended over the wall's five-day stay.

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The Lemon Bay High School JROTC drill team performed a rifle demonstration during the memorial service for the Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall.

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U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Paul Lloyd, 5th Force Co./3rd Recon Battery, sang “Arlington” during a ceremony honoring the Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall in Englewood Saturday.

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The Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall Englewood committee, from left: Cher Macey, chairwoman; Bill Bond, co-chairman; Dale McDonough, co-chairwoman; and Gwen Runstadler, listen to U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Paul Lloyd, 5th Force Co./3rd Recon Battery, sing the song “Arlington,” with Taylor Chandler of the Deaf Service Center of Southwest Florida signing the song for the hearing-impaired.

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The keynote speaker during the Vietnam Traveling Wall Memorial ceremony was retired U.S. Navy Cmdr. Bradley E. Smith.

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Those who served in the Vietnam War raise their hands, as members from the audience show their appreciation by clapping, during the Vietnam Traveling Memorial Ceremony Saturday morning at Pioneer Park in Englewood.

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A mission from the Vietnam War was re-enacted by the Suncoast Vietnam Veterans, called “The Last Patrol.”

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A member of the Suncoast Vietnam Veterans shakes the hand of a patron who attended the Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall ceremonies at Pioneer Park in Englewood, after a mission re-enactment called “The Last Patrol.”

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Pattie Gaw of Bradenton Beach waves a mini-American flag in appreciation of those who lost their lives in Vietnam, as the song “Some Gave All,” sung by Henry Monzello Jr., was performed.

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Retired U.S. Marine Don Aldrich, an Englewood VFW Post 10178 Veterans Honor Guard member, performs taps on a bugle.

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A flyover presented by the Southwest Florida War Birds of Punta Gorda was held at the end of the ceremony.