Slideshow: Veterans Day 2018

Special to the Times | Colleen Keane TóHajiilee veterans raise the Navajo Nation, New Mexico, U.S. and POW/MIA flags as they lead the 4th annual TóHajiilee Veteran’s parade on Nov. 10.

Navajo Times | Donovan Quintero A gourd is placed on top of an eagle plume on Sunday during a Veterans Day Gourd Dance at the Fort Defiance Chapter House.

Navajo Times | Rima Krisst Tooley Brown leads the benediction at the Veterans Observance Ceremony at Hillcrest Cemetery in Gallup.

Navajo Times | Donovan Quintero A gourd dancer holds a feather during the Veterans Day Gourd Dance in Fort Defiance.

Navajo Times | Krista Allen From left to right, Marjorie Dougi, her daughter Maegan and nieces Leilani Nez, 7, and Brytina Ingel, prepare to walk with posters showing the names of their military veterans in the Veterans Day parade down Main Street in Tónaneesdizí on Nov. 10.

Navajo Times | Donovan Quintero Gourd dancers surround the drum on Sunday during a Veterans Day Gourd Dance at the Fort Defiance Chapter House.

Navajo Times | Donovan Quintero A member of the Fort Defiance Veterans Organization carries the flag during the posting of the colors during a Veterans Day Gourd Dance in Fort Defiance.

Navajo Times | Donovan Quintero Gourd dancers dance to the singing of the singers during a Veterans Day Gourd Dance in Fort Defiance on Sunday.

Navajo Times | Donovan Quintero A man replaces an old flag with a new one at the Veterans Cemetery on Veterans Day in Fort Defiance.

Navajo Times | Donovan Quintero Army veteran David Bowman, who served from 1955-1998, participates in the Veterans Day Gourd Dance in Fort Defiance on Sunday.

Navajo Times | Krista Allen A woman writes the name of her deceased loved one on a piece of paper while retired U.S. Army Sgt. Paulson Bronston holds an encased burial flag that was unfolded and refolded during a Veterans Day ceremony at Monument Valley High in Tódinéeshzhee’ on Nov. 12.

Navajo Times | Rima Krisst The folding of the American flag concludes the Veterans Day ceremonies in Gallup.

Navajo Times | Krista Allen A portrait of a man in military uniform lies against a burial flag among other Stars and Stripes during a Veterans Day ceremony at Monument Valley High in Tódinéeshzhee’ on Nov. 12. Each of the flags were unfolded, refolded, and then presented back to families.

Navajo Times | Krista Allen Sheila Sells holds up a sheet, which gives the meaning of Veterans Day, for her daughter Kenzie, the Miss Peewee Kayenta Community School, as she makes a presentation at a Veterans Day ceremony at Monument Valley High in Tódinéeshzhee’ on Nov. 12.

Navajo Times | Krista Allen Miss Kayenta Middle School Dawnae Yazzie helps her 9-year-old sister, D’Aaliyah, adjust the ‘abaní of her kénitsaai during a Veterans Day ceremony at Monument Valley High in Tódinéeshzhee’ on Nov. 12. The Yazzie sisters both wore matching patriotic outfits.

Navajo Times | Rima Krisst Navajo-Hopi Honor Riders and leaders Veterans Helping Veterans and Endless Riders gather at Gallup’s Hillcrest Cemetery to honor late and fallen veterans. Left to right are David Cuellar, Mike Withstandley, Orion, Troy (Hammer) Essary, Judy Buffalohead, Thomas Clark, Erika Stevens and Frank Chiapetti.