Lionel Lamontagne, the grand marshal of the Veterans Day parade in Saco and Biddeford, places a wreath during a ceremony Monday in Veterans Park in Biddeford. Lamontagne served in the U.S. Navy and did two tours in Vietnam from 1968-1972. Gregory Rec/Staff Photographer

Dale Knight puts out flags in honor of Veterans Day outside of his home in Portland on Monday. Knight says he puts out flags every year. Brianna Soukup/Staff Photographer

Jason Bravo of Falmouth, left, hands out flags Monday during the Veterans Day parade in Biddeford. Bravo serves in the Coast Guard and is stationed in South Portland. Gregory Rec/Staff Photographer

Shadows are cast on Congress Street as the Portland Veterans Day Parade makes its way downtown. Brianna Soukup/Staff Photographer

Participants in a Veterans Day parade walk along Main Street in Biddeford where Roman Stover, 5, holds a flag. Gregory Rec/Staff Photographer

Jack Walker, 14, right, and Cayden Lamontagne, 14, members of Boy Scout Troop 93, stand with a wreath at a Veterans Day event at American Legion Post 164 in Falmouth. Brianna Soukup/Staff Photographer

Veteran Mike Daigle picks up flags at the end of a Veterans Day ceremony Monday in Veterans Memorial Park in Biddeford. Daigle, with Amvets Post 1 in Biddeford, served in the U.S. Army from 1985 to 1992. Gregory Rec/Staff Photographer

Norman Millette watches the Portland Veterans Day Parade go by his barber shop on Congress Street in Portland. Millette, who has owned the barber shop for more than 60 years, said he watches the parade from his doorstep every year. Brianna Soukup/Staff Photographer

Daniel Harriman, of the Navy Junior ROTC at Massabesic High School, raises the flag during a ceremony Monday at Veterans Memorial Park in Biddeford. Gregory Rec/Staff Photographer

The Portland Veterans Day Parade begins at Longfellow Square. Brianna Soukup/Staff Photographer

U.S. Navy veteran Keith Batson attended the Veterans Day ceremony at Veterans Memorial Park in Biddeford. Batson served in the Navy during Operation Desert Storm. Gregory Rec/Staff Photographer

Philip Call, of Gray, watches a color guard pass by with his grandsons Gordon Chase, 3, in his lap, and Bennett Chase, 5. Call served in the U.S. Army. Gregory Rec/Staff Photographer

People gather for a Veterans Day event outside of the American Legion Post 164 in Falmouth. Brianna Soukup/Staff Photographer

Sue Geyer and her granddaughter Olivia Alaimo, 8, listen to “Amazing Grace” during a Veterans Day event at American Legion Post 164 in Falmouth. Brianna Soukup/Staff Photographer

Christopher Drown of Dayton holds his hat and a flag while taps is played during a ceremony at Veterans Memorial Park in Biddeford. Drown served in the Air Force from 2008 to 2019. Gregory Rec/Staff Photographer

Members of the Biddeford Middle School band march along Main Street in Saco during the Veterans Day parade on Monday. Gregory Rec/Staff Photographer

People begin to fill the Legion hall for a lunch after a Veterans Day event at American Legion Post 164 in Falmouth. It was the third year the Falmouth Lions Club put on the lunch for veterans, their loved ones and members of the community who attended the service. Brianna Soukup/Staff Photographer

Judy Jones takes her plate to her table during a lunch after a Veterans Day event at American Legion Post 164 in Falmouth. Jones said her husband was a veteran and member of the American Legion in Yarmouth. He died seven years ago, but she still attends a Veterans Day event in his honor. Brianna Soukup/Staff Photographer

Robert Geyer, right, sits behind his son Wayne Geyer during a lunch after a Veterans Day event at American Legion Post 164 in Falmouth. The two were joined at the event by Robert’s brother Wally Geyer, who is also a veteran. Brianna Soukup/Staff Photographer

Wally Geyer, center left, sits with his granddaughter Olivia Alaimo, 8, during a lunch after a Veterans Day event at American Legion Post 164. Geyer is a veteran of the Navy who joined in 1959 and served in Cuba and Vietnam. Brianna Soukup/Staff Photographer

Thank-you cards for veterans made by Falmouth High School students are passed out during a lunch after a Veterans Day event at American Legion Post 164 in Falmouth. Brianna Soukup/Staff Photographer

Elaina Balzano poses for a photo with Rick Hauck during a lunch after a Veterans Day event at American Legion Post 164. Hauck served in Vietnam and later became an astronaut. He had three flights into space, one in 1983 with Sally Ride. He served as spacecraft commander in 1984, and in 1988, he was the commander of the first flight to be flown after the Challenger explosion. Brianna Soukup/Staff Photographer