FAR LEFT: Christine Leonard, a veteran and bugler for taps during the flag ceremony, is seated on the wall of the facility’s Veteran's Memorial Garden.
FAR LEFT: Christine Leonard, a veteran and bugler for taps during the flag ceremony, is seated on the wall of the facility’s Veteran's Memorial Garden. Credit: Bill Graham / IronWorks Images

With the cancelation of the traditional big gathering for Memorial Day at the N.H. Veterans Cemetery, and current COVID-19-related isolation of residents, Pleasant View Retirement Home Executive Director Joanna Wood allowed a brief flag service, with residents in face masks and socially-distanced, on the grounds of the independent living facility.