County conducts first ceremony in new program to honor homeless veterans

- Maritza Velazquez, Staff Writer When they died, they may not have had a home. But at their funeral, they did have a family.

Photo Gallery: Dignity Memorial Veterans Burial Funeral Under a clear blue sky Tuesday, more than 100 community members, local dignitaries and veterans paid their respects to 10 homeless veterans at Oakdale Memorial Park in Glendora. Dogtags handed out at the event listed the names of the men. At the bottom was the statement "We are their family." "None of us actually know those being buried today, but there should be no difference in respecting these men, who have given their service to their country, than anyone else," said keynote speaker Bob Archuleta, Los Angeles County commissioner of Veteran Affairs. More...

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