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  • A torn flag wraps around its pole after a year of braving the elements. 

Civil Air Patrol cadets and volunteers replace the flags at Blossom Hill cemetery, May 18, 2013. 

(ANDREA MORALES / Monitor staff)

    A torn flag wraps around its pole after a year of braving the elements. Civil Air Patrol cadets and volunteers replace the flags at Blossom Hill cemetery, May 18, 2013. (ANDREA MORALES / Monitor staff)

  • More than 2,500 students from 64 high schools attended the New Hampshire Scholars program graduation at the State House Plaza in downtown Concord; Wednesday, May 22, 2013.

TAEHOON KIM / Monitor staff

    More than 2,500 students from 64 high schools attended the New Hampshire Scholars program graduation at the State House Plaza in downtown Concord; Wednesday, May 22, 2013. TAEHOON KIM / Monitor staff

  • From left: Sybil Dupuis, House Speaker Terie Norelli, Gov. Maggie Hassan and David Berry cut a New Hampshire-shaped cake at the "New Hampshire Presidential Primary 100th Anniversary" celebration in the State House in Concord; Tuesday, May 21, 2013. Dupuis is the great-granddaughter of Stephen Bullock, author and sponsor of House Bill 430, which created New Hampshire's first official presidential primary. "This is one of the biggest honors of my life," Dupuis, who resides in Wells, Maine, said about being asked to speak at the celebration. 

(TAEHOON KIM / Monitor staff)

    From left: Sybil Dupuis, House Speaker Terie Norelli, Gov. Maggie Hassan and David Berry cut a New Hampshire-shaped cake at the "New Hampshire Presidential Primary 100th Anniversary" celebration in the State House in Concord; Tuesday, May 21, 2013. Dupuis is the great-granddaughter of Stephen Bullock, author and sponsor of House Bill 430, which created New Hampshire's first official presidential primary. "This is one of the biggest honors of my life," Dupuis, who resides in Wells, Maine, said about being asked to speak at the celebration. (TAEHOON KIM / Monitor staff)

  • A place setting announces Kentucky senator Rand Paul and GOP Chairman Reince Priebus as speakers for a fund-raising dinner for the New Hampshire Republican Party at the Grappone Center in Concord; Monday, May 20, 2013. 

ALEXANDER COHN / Monitor staff

    A place setting announces Kentucky senator Rand Paul and GOP Chairman Reince Priebus as speakers for a fund-raising dinner for the New Hampshire Republican Party at the Grappone Center in Concord; Monday, May 20, 2013. ALEXANDER COHN / Monitor staff

  • A salmon waits in a bucket waiting to be measured and weighed.

Winni Derby instates lie detectors for winners. Dakota Wright, 17, of Laconia, a Bishop Brady student, skipped prom to fish the derby with his father Mark and won in the overall salmon category. He will have to take a lie detector test at some point to verify that he caught it in Lake Winnipesaukee. 

(ANDREA MORALES / Monitor staff)

    A salmon waits in a bucket waiting to be measured and weighed. Winni Derby instates lie detectors for winners. Dakota Wright, 17, of Laconia, a Bishop Brady student, skipped prom to fish the derby with his father Mark and won in the overall salmon category. He will have to take a lie detector test at some point to verify that he caught it in Lake Winnipesaukee. (ANDREA MORALES / Monitor staff)

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