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National Cemetery in Westwood, a place for quiet reflection on Veterans Day

LOS ANGELES — After learning about Veterans Day in his transitional kindergarten class, Wilson Zeier, 4, asked his father what they could do to recognize the men and women who served. So on Saturday morning Wilson stood with his father, Bill, and mother, Mai, on a knoll overlooking tens of thousands of white gravestones in rows on a lush green background at the Los Angeles National Cemetery in ...
U.S. Navy veteran Ruth Pico, left, with her 8- year-old son, Nathan Pico, pays her respects on Veterans Day at National Cemetery on Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023, in Los Angeles.

LOS ANGELES — After learning about Veterans Day in his transitional kindergarten class, Wilson Zeier, 4, asked his father what they could do to recognize the men and women who served.

So on Saturday morning Wilson stood with his father, Bill, and mother, Mai, on a knoll overlooking tens of thousands of white gravestones in rows on a lush green background at the Los Angeles National Cemetery

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