People gather near the Naperville Healing Field of Honor at Rotary Hill for a Veterans Day ceremony on Sunday, November 11, 2012. | Jeff Cagle~For Sun-Times Media
Veterans salute the flag as the "Star Spangled Banner" is played during a Veterans Day ceremony on Sunday, November 11, 2012, in Naperville. | Jeff Cagle~For Sun-Times Media
Dr. James Kelly, director of the National Intrepid Center of Excellence, gives the keynote address during a Veterans Day ceremony near Naperville's Millennium Carillon on Sunday, November 11, 2012. | Jeff Cagle~For Sun-Times Media
Veterans bow their heads in prayer during a moment of silence at a Veterans Day ceremony at Naperville's Millennium Carillon on Sunday, November 11, 2012. | Jeff Cagle~For Sun-Times Media
Army veteran Don Wehrli of Naperville looks to the sky as he salutes the flag during a Veterans Day ceremony at Naperville's Millennium Carillon on Sunday, November 11, 2012. | Jeff Cagle~For Sun-Times Media
Jaden Sukova of Brownsburg, Ind., runs among the 2012 American flags at Naperville's Healing Field of Honor at Rotary Hill on Sunday, November 11, 2012. | Jeff Cagle~For Sun-Times Media
Threatening skies couldn’t keep a crowd of about 750 people from turning out for Naperville’s Veterans Day celebration Sunday at the Millennium Carillon. The ceremony took place amid 2,012 American flags adorning Rotary Hill. The memorial’s focus this year was not just honoring our nation’s …
