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Veterans of Foreign Wars pay tribute to Hawaiian Civil War veteran

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                                Lynn Mariano of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8616 blew a conch shell Saturday to start its Day of Service at the O‘ahu Cemetery and Crematory in honor of Pvt. J.R. Kealoha, the only known American Civil War veteran with a registered burial site in Hawaii.
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CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA@STARADVERTISER.COM

Lynn Mariano of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8616 blew a conch shell Saturday to start its Day of Service at the O‘ahu Cemetery and Crematory in honor of Pvt. J.R. Kealoha, the only known American Civil War veteran with a registered burial site in Hawaii.

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                                John Maher, left, of VFW Post 8616 Waikiki, and Ron Schaedel, Hawaii VFW state senior vice commander, saluted after laying a maile lei on Pvt. J.R. Kealoha’s grave.
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CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA@STARADVERTISER.COM

John Maher, left, of VFW Post 8616 Waikiki, and Ron Schaedel, Hawaii VFW state senior vice commander, saluted after laying a maile lei on Pvt. J.R. Kealoha’s grave.

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                                A lei was placed on Pvt. J.R. Kealoha’s grave.
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A lei was placed on Pvt. J.R. Kealoha’s grave.

CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA@STARADVERTISER.COM
                                Lynn Mariano of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8616 blew a conch shell Saturday to start its Day of Service at the O‘ahu Cemetery and Crematory in honor of Pvt. J.R. Kealoha, the only known American Civil War veteran with a registered burial site in Hawaii.
CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA@STARADVERTISER.COM
                                John Maher, left, of VFW Post 8616 Waikiki, and Ron Schaedel, Hawaii VFW state senior vice commander, saluted after laying a maile lei on Pvt. J.R. Kealoha’s grave.
CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA@STARADVERTISER.COM
                                A lei was placed on Pvt. J.R. Kealoha’s grave.