Walk of Honor
Photos by MARC VENUS
- U.S. Navy chaplain Lt. Marquis Jones delivers the invocation during the first-ever Walk of Honor ceremony last Friday at the Veterans Memorial at Kilili Beach. The event was intended to mark the 75th anniversary this year of the Battles of Saipan and Tinian and honors the veterans of those battles.
- American Memorial Park lead ranger Brooke Nevitt provides instructions for participants during the first-ever Walk of Honor ceremony last Friday at the Veterans Memorial at Kilili Beach.
- Members of the Marine Forces Pacific Color Guard pose for a picture during the first-ever Walk of Honor ceremony last Friday at the Veterans Memorial at the Kilili Beach.
- A participant hands over U.S. flags to his children during the first-ever Walk of Honor last Friday.
- Participants talk to members at a stamping station during the first-ever Walk of Honor last Friday at the Veterans Memorial at Kilili Beach.
- American Memorial Park members and volunteers pose for a picture with Commonwealth Office of Transit Authority mobility specialist John Demapan, third right, during the first-ever Walk of Honor ceremony last Friday at the Veterans Memorial at Kilili Beach.
- Participants walk to the final station during the first-ever Walk of Honor last Friday.
- A participant looks over to the ocean during the first-ever Walk of Honor last Friday.
- The Marine Forces Pacific Brass Quintet performs during the first-ever Walk of Honor last Friday at the World War II tank by the Quartermaster Road.
- Participants begin walking at the first-ever Walk of Honor ceremony last Friday at the Veterans Memorial at Kilili Beach.