Fitting tributes

Veterans bow their heads for a moment of silence at a Uniontown High School Veterans Day assembly Thursday. (Michael Pommier/Tribune)

Two women from American Legion Auxiliary Unit 759 listen to the featured speaker Friday morning at the Veterans Day Memorial Service hosted by the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 1165 at Fort Scott National Cemetery.(Michael Pommier/Tribune)

Kansas State Sen. Bob Marshall bows his head during the benediction at Friday's service at the National Cemetery. (Michael Pommier/Tribune)

Eugene Ware Elementary fifth-grade student Laney McCullough plays Amazing Grace on the recorder along with two classmates, not pictured, during the fifth grade Veterans Day program Thursday night. (Michael Pommier/Tribune)