(1 of ) Paula Lely and her daughter Andriana Lely-Gibson honor the memory of husband and father, Dirk Lely at the 57th Annual Sonoma Valley Memorial Day Observance. (Photos by Robbi Pengelly/Index-Tribune)
(2 of ) Josephine Grant captures an image of her husband's name (Korean War veteran Donald Grant) which is carved into the the Star of Honor at Monday's Memorial Day Observance. (Photos by Robbi Pengelly/Index-Tribune)
(3 of ) Four-year-old Maya Borchardt pays her respects at the 57th Annual Sonoma Valley Memorial Day Observance. (Photos by Robbi Pengelly/Index-Tribune)
(4 of ) Liam and Cooper Marchi trim the grass around their uncle Kevin Norman's gravesite at the 57th Annual Sonoma Valley Memorial Day Observance. (Photos by Robbi Pengelly/Index-Tribune)
(5 of ) The Hometown Band performed at the 57th Annual Sonoma Valley Memorial Day Observance. (Photos by Robbi Pengelly/Index-Tribune)
(6 of ) The DAR's Muriel Owens was present at the 57th Annual Sonoma Valley Memorial Day Observance. (Photos by Robbi Pengelly/Index-Tribune)
(7 of ) Grandparents Joseph Lavigna and Stephanie Batanides-Lavigna explain the meaning of the day to four-year-old Maya Borchardt at the 57th Annual Sonoma Valley Memorial Day Observance. (Photos by Robbi Pengelly/Index-Tribune)
(8 of ) The 57th Annual Sonoma Valley Memorial Day Observance took place on Monday, May 25, at the Sonoma Veterans Memorial Park. (Photos by Robbi Pengelly/Index-Tribune)
(9 of ) The 57th Annual Sonoma Valley Memorial Day Observance took place on Monday, May 25, at the Sonoma Veterans Memorial Park. (Photos by Robbi Pengelly/Index-Tribune)
(10 of ) The 57th Annual Sonoma Valley Memorial Day Observance took place on Monday, May 25, at the Sonoma Veterans Memorial Park. (Photos by Robbi Pengelly/Index-Tribune)
(11 of ) Karen McPherson placed flowers and tin stars at the gravesite of her husban, WWII pilot C. Stuart McPherson. at the 57th Annual Sonoma Valley Memorial Day Observance. (Photos by Robbi Pengelly/Index-Tribune
(12 of ) Matt and Linda Young at the 57th Annual Sonoma Valley Memorial Day Observance. (Photos by Robbi Pengelly/Index-Tribune)
(13 of ) The 57th Annual Sonoma Valley Memorial Day Observance took place on Monday, May 25, at the Sonoma Veterans Memorial Park. (Photos by Robbi Pengelly/Index-Tribune)
(14 of ) The 57th Annual Sonoma Valley Memorial Day Observance took place on Monday, May 25, at the Sonoma Veterans Memorial Park. (Photos by Robbi Pengelly/Index-Tribune)
(15 of ) Rhonda Guaragalia and Diane Wardell-Tuel pay their respects at the gravesite of Mark Tuel at the 57th Annual Sonoma Valley Memorial Day Observance took place on Monday, May 25, at the Sonoma Veterans Memorial Park. (Photos by Robbi Pengelly/Index-Tribune)
