Photo Gallery: Veteran’s Day event at Two Strike Park in La Crescenta

Former Marines veteran Jesse Hurtado with his Marines son Jesse Jr., 19, of Montrose, watch the Veteran’s Day ceremony at Two Strike Park in La Crescenta on Wednesday, November 11, 2015. Boy Scout Troop 288 conducted a community flag burning, as well as speeches by Congressman Adam Schiff and State Congressman Mike Gatto.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Army Air Force veteran Henry “Bud” Bogust, of La Crescenta, drops a red strip of the American Flag into a fire for retirement at a Veteran’s Day event at Two Strike Park in La Crescenta on Wednesday, November 11, 2015. Boy Scout Troop 288 conducted a community flag burning, as well as speeches by Congressman Adam Schiff and State Congressman Mike Gatto.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Nelson Keasberry, 11, and Christopher Garabedian, 12, of Scout Troop 288 La Crescenta, sort through short cut strips of American Flags that will be retired at Two Strike Park in La Crescenta on Wednesday, November 11, 2015. Boy Scout Troop 288 conducted a community flag burning, as well as speeches by Congressman Adam Schiff and State Congressman Mike Gatto.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Congressman Adam Schiff relates a personal story at a Veteran’s Day event at Two Strike Park in La Crescenta on Wednesday, November 11, 2015. Boy Scout Troop 288 conducted a community flag burning, as well as speeches by Congressman Adam Schiff and State Congressman Mike Gatto.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

State Congressman Mike Gatto relates a personal story at a Veteran’s Day event at Two Strike Park in La Crescenta on Wednesday, November 11, 2015. Boy Scout Troop 288 conducted a community flag burning, as well as speeches by Congressman Adam Schiff and State Congressman Mike Gatto.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Veteran Joe Vaccare looks down the row of fellow veterans he has the privelege of sitting with at a Veteran’s Day event at Two Strike Park in La Crescenta on Wednesday, November 11, 2015. Boy Scout Troop 288 conducted a community flag burning, as well as speeches by Congressman Adam Schiff and State Congressman Mike Gatto.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Virginia Nelson, the wife of Army-Air Force veteran Theodore “Bud” Nelson, daughter Connie Rich, and assistant Tiffany Clare come to the Veteran’s Day event at Two Strike Park in La Crescenta on Wednesday, November 11, 2015. Boy Scout Troop 288 conducted a community flag burning, as well as speeches by Congressman Adam Schiff and State Congressman Mike Gatto.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Boy Scouts with Troop 288 La Crescenta hand out tattered strips of American Flags to WWII veterans and eventually many in attendance to drop into a fire to be retired at a Veteran’s Day event at Two Strike Park in La Crescenta on Wednesday, November 11, 2015. Boy Scout Troop 288 conducted a community flag burning, as well as speeches by Congressman Adam Schiff and State Congressman Mike Gatto.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

A moment of pride comes across the WWII veterans in the front row as they are given a standing ovation for their service at a Veteran’s Day event at Two Strike Park in La Crescenta on Wednesday, November 11, 2015. Boy Scout Troop 288 conducted a community flag burning, as well as speeches by Congressman Adam Schiff and State Congressman Mike Gatto.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

WWII Marines veteran Tore Johnson and his wife of 63 years Virginia, of La Crescenta, walk at the back of the crowd to get to seats on the other side at a Veteran’s Day event at Two Strike Park in La Crescenta on Wednesday, November 11, 2015. Boy Scout Troop 288 conducted a community flag burning, as well as speeches by Congressman Adam Schiff and State Congressman Mike Gatto.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Military veterans stand at salute as Taps is played on a lone trumpet at a Veteran’s Day event at Two Strike Park in La Crescenta on Wednesday, November 11, 2015. Boy Scout Troop 288 conducted a community flag burning, as well as speeches by Congressman Adam Schiff and State Congressman Mike Gatto.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Marci Johnson, of Glendale, drops a red strip of the American Flag into a fire for retirement at Two Strike Park in La Crescenta on Wednesday, November 11, 2015. Boy Scout Troop 288 conducted a community flag burning, as well as speeches by Congressman Adam Schiff and State Congressman Mike Gatto.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

As a team from the Crescenta Valley High School ROTC brings in the American Flag, Bud Bogust, of La Crescenta salutes at the beginning of a Veteran’s Day event at Two Strike Park in La Crescenta on Wednesday, November 11, 2015. Boy Scout Troop 288 conducted a community flag burning, as well as speeches by Congressman Adam Schiff and State Congressman Mike Gatto.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Veterans, lead by Chaplain and veteran Andy Gero, sing “God Bless America” during a Veteran’s Day ceremony at Two Strike Park in La Crescenta on Wednesday, November 11, 2015. Boy Scout Troop 288 conducted a community flag burning, as well as speeches by Congressman Adam Schiff and State Congressman Mike Gatto.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)