Veterans Day 2007

Photos by IRIS SMOOT/Acorn Newspapers FOR THE VETS- At Sunday's Veterans Day ceremony at Rancho Tapo Community Park, park district board members Elaine Freeman and Kate O'Brien, left, present a plaque to Adrian, at lectern, and Ann Murphy in appreciation of Murphy family's support for Veterans Plaza. Adrian's sister, Col. Patricia T. Murphy, donated $500,000 to the city of Simi Valley to fund the plaza's construction. DEEPER MEANING- Sgt. Mark Gonzales and Cpl. Ephraim Chavez, left, carefully fold an American flag as a crowd of more than 200 looks on. City Council member Barbra Williamson read aloud the special meaning of each fold. BLOSSOMS IN THE RAIN- Flowers, cards, and flags decorated the memorial plaques at Veterans Plaza during the Veterans Day ceremony in Simi Valley on a drizzly Sunday morning.