Veterans Day 2014: Remembering and honoring those who served

Army veteran Frank Nez from Fort Defiance salutes the flag during the singing of the national anthem on Veterans Day in Window Rock. (Times photo — Donovan Quintero)

Participants of the pre-Veterans Day candlelight vigil get ready to have a moment of silence on Monday night in Gallup. (Times photo — Donovan Quintero)

Tipi poles decorated with a flag sits along side another tipi on Sunday morning next to the Washington National Monument on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., during a Native American Church meeting to honor the nation’s veterans. Veterans Day was on Tuesday. (Courtesy photo — Jack Jackson Jr.)

Yvonne J. Claude from Gallup holds a candle to honor her late husband, Vietnam veteran Johnson Claude, on Monday night during a pre-Veterans Day candlelight vigil in Gallup. (Times photo — Donovan Quintero)