Rain, rifles, and remembrance: Central City gathers to honor the fallen

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Rain, rifles, and remembrance: Central City gathers to honor the fallen

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The flags didn’t wave much this Memorial Day—not in the still gray air that hung over Central City Cemetery like a hymn. They stood motionless, soaked from the sky, as if even they were mourning. Beneath their silent watch, a crowd assembled in quiet reverence, knowing the rain would not interrupt what needed to be remembered. The Civil War Memorial at the cemetery’s northeast edge towered over…

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