World War II veteran Kenneth Uline, left, of Lyme, N.H., and Vietnam War veteran John O’Brien, also of Orford, salute the flag as it is raised by Air Force veteran Bill McKee, of Orford, at a Veterans Day ceremony in front of the Orford Congregational Church on Nov. 11, 2017. O’Brien started the annual ceremony four years ago when the town installed a new flagpole at the World War I monument adjacent to the church. (Sarah Priestap photograph)