Local VFW Observes Veterans Day in Clarendon, Remember Lance Cpl. Niall Coti-Sears
The annual Veterans Day ceremony was hosted at the Clarendon War Memorial on Veterans Day, Nov. 11, 2012.
See photos of the annual Veterans Day ceremony hosted at the Clarendon War Memorial near the Clarendon Metro station on Veterans Day, Nov. 11, 2012. The ceremony was hosted by the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) John Lyon Post 3150 based in Arlington County, Va. Included in this year's ceremony was a special wreath laying ceremony in honor of Lance Cpl. Niall Coti-Sears. Coti-Sears was the first Arlington native to be killed in Afghanistan, according to the VFW John Lyon Post's Facebook page. He was killed in action on June 23 in the Helmand province of Afghanistan.
Klaus Dahlke
2:42 am on Thursday, May 24, 2012
The story will repeat itself this coming Monday at 1 pm at the Clarendon War Memorial, same players, different bystanders. Arlington Post 139, American Legion, conducts this service every Memorial Day at 1 pm, and every Veterans Day, also at 1 pm. On some inclement weather days it was moved indoors at Post 139, 3445 Washington Blvd, Arlington VA 22201. more ›