The Fullerton Police Department Honor Guard perform a 21-gun salute during the city’s Veterans Day Ceremony on..Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Richard Vaughn Korean War Veteran Richard Vaughn stands during part of the recognition ceremony at the 36th Annual Veterans Daycare Observance at El Toro Memorial Park in Lake Forest, CA, on Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Bagpiper RIchard Cook plays Amazing Grace at the 36th Annual Veterans Daycare Observance at El Toro Memorial Park in Lake Forest, CA, on Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Veterans, including retired Air Force Capt. Lisa Moreno, left, stand to be recognized during a musical tribute on Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025. They were at Fullerton’s Veterans Day ceremony that followed a parade. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Navy veteran Danny Taylor, 78, gets emotional when remembering serving in the Vietnam War as a hospital corpsman on the USS Repose (AH-16). He visits a memorial wall at Hillcrest Park in Fullerton on Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025, after a Veterans Day ceremony, and where his high school buddy’s name is etched in the stone after getting killed in Vietnam. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Navy veteran Danny Taylor, 78, visits a memorial wall at Hillcrest Park in Fullerton on Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025, after a Veterans Day ceremony, and where his high school buddy’s name is etched in stone after getting killed in Vietnam. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Girl Scout Troop 3015 march down Harbor Blvd. during Fullerton Veterans Day Parade on Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Navy JROTC march in formation during Fullerton’s Veterans Day Parade on Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Haley Copello sings the National Anthem during Fullerton’s Veterans Day Ceremony on Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
The Fullerton Police Mounted Patrol and members of JROTC, take part in the city’s Veterans Day Parade and Ceremony on Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Fullerton’s Veterans Day Parade attracts a patriotic duo who watches on Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
The Fullerton Police Mounted Patrol take part in the city’s Veterans Day Parade and Ceremony on Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Nine-year-old Johnny Pruden proudly waves the colors while watching Fullerton’s Veteran Day Parade with his family on Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Members of VFW Post 6024 perform the Honor Guard Firing Salute at the 36th Annual Veterans Daycare Observance at El Toro Memorial Park in Lake Forest, CA, on Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Kevin Forrest, a members of the South Coast Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution, watches the 36th Annual Veterans Day Observance at El Toro Memorial Park in Lake Forest, CA, on Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Lina Kabalican, left, Lani Kabalican, center, and Melanie Kabalican during the Pledge of Allegiance at the 36th Annual Veterans Daycare Observance at El Toro Memorial Park in Lake Forest, CA, on Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Members of the South Coast Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution durig a flag ceremony at the 36th Annual Veterans Day Observance at El Toro Memorial Park in Lake Forest, CA, on Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
British Army Veteran Anthony Nichols joins other audience members as they sing the NAtional Anthem at the 36th Annual Veterans Day Observance at El Toro Memorial Park in Lake Forest, CA, on Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Sandy Chao holds on to Molly during the 36th Annual Veterans Daycare Observance at El Toro Memorial Park in Lake Forest, CA, on Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
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The Fullerton Police Department Honor Guard perform a 21-gun salute during the city’s Veterans Day Ceremony on..Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Navy veteran Danny Taylor paused before the memorial wall in Fullerton’s Hillcrest Park.
Following the community’s Veterans Day commemoration, which included the return of a parade down Harbor Boulevard, he walked up to the wall, remembering his own time serving as a hospital corpsman on the USS Repose in the Vietnam War, but also finding the name of a high school friend etched in the granite who did not return from overseas.
Throughout Orange County on Tuesday, community members gathered for ceremonies and tributes to those who have served in this country’s military.
The Fullerton event started with the parade, veterans marching along with scouts and JROTC groups to Hillcrest Park for a ceremony.
In Lake Forest, the El Toro Memorial Park hosted its 36th annual observance with an honor guard firing a salute to veterans along with the presentation of wreaths.
