Veterans Day salute given to those who served

Area military veterans and their supporters gathered on the flag bedecked Town Square for a Veterans Day ceremony followed by a lunch Friday.

Veterans, some in fading uniforms, others in windbreakers with American flag patches, stood in relative silence as downtown traffic roared around them.

There was then a three-volley 21-shot salute, and then a lone veteran played taps on a bugle.

Rev. John Chapman of Havre's First Baptist Church, himself a U.S. Navy, veteran, gave an opening prayer, paying tribute to those who have served in the military.

"We thank you for the patron examples shown to all...