Col. Andrew Gibson leads a prayer before the Maine Veterans' Home groundbreaking ceremony Thursday in Augusta.
Maine Veterans Home residents John Czapiewski, left, and Rev. Robert Canfield listens to speeches during a groundbreaking ceremony on Thursday in Augusta. To open the event, Czapiewski led the Pledge of Allegiance and Canfield did the invocation.
Roger Emmons at the Maine Veterans' Home groundbreaking ceremony Thursday in Augusta.
After speeches, a ceremonial groundbreaking for the new Maine Veterans' Home complex took place Thursday in Augusta.
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, speaks at the Maine Veterans' Home groundbreaking ceremony Thursday in Augusta.
U.S. Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, speaks at the Maine Veterans' Home groundbreaking ceremony on Thursday in Augusta.
U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, speaks at the Maine Veterans' Home groundbreaking ceremony Thursday in Augusta.
U.S. Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, speaks at the Maine Veterans' Home groundbreaking ceremony Thursday in Augusta.
Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert Wilkie speaks before a Maine Veterans' Home groundbreaking ceremony Thursday in Augusta.
Kelley Kash, chief executive officer of Maine Veterans' Home, speaks during a groundbreaking ceremony on Thursday in Augusta.
U.S. senators Angus King, left, and Susan Collins on Thursday in Augusta.
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