In these challenging times, Wednesday’s Veterans Day ceremonies presented by American Legion Post 95 of North Conway and Post 46 of Conway in North Conway’s Schouler Park were a godsend.
After the tumult of the still (for some) contentious election, it made you feel proud to be an American, standing together but safely apart — despite our political differences it is what unites us that we hold dear.
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