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Patriotic tribute precedes football game
<p>The helicopter lands and military personnel carrying an American flag crosses the field.</p>

The helicopter lands and military personnel carrying an American flag crosses the field.

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<p>The flag is presented to from the left, Drew Webster Post 39, American Legion members, Norm Price, Ed Durst and George Harris.</p>

The flag is presented to from the left, Drew Webster Post 39, American Legion members, Norm Price, Ed Durst and George Harris.

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<p>The flag is raised by Steve Van Meter and Jim Frye.</p>

The flag is raised by Steve Van Meter and Jim Frye.

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POMEROY — A helicopter landed on the football field, and military personnel aboard marched across the field carrying an American flag — a flag they then presented to the America Legion Honor Guard who raised it before the game.

That was the scene Friday night before the Meigs Marauder-Warren Local Warriors game on Holzer Field in the Farmers Bank Stadium. The legionnaires of Drew Webster Post 39 participate in the opening ceremony at each home game.

As a part of the program before the game the Marauder Band, directed by Toney Dingess, played a song in tribute to veterans and all active military personnel following that with the National Anthem.

Post 39 then presented a plaque and a monetary gift to Emma Perrin, field commander, for the band in appreciation of its participation in the Veterans, MIA-POW Remembrance Day observance held on Sept. 8.

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