Ian Anderson, a senior at the Chesapeake Bay Governor’s School, shows Keithan Bauer, 7, some of the weapons used during the Vietnam war. Bauer’s father is in the Air Force and stationed in Germany. He and his sister, Sierra, are living here with family and attended last Saturday’s Vietnam-era Veterans Appreciation Day event. Anderson participates in the King William-based Military History air/ground operations group.

From left, Vietnam-era veteran Richard Arnett talks with the honorable Tristan Hyde during the Vietnam-era Veterans reception at Dreamfields near Kilmarnock last Saturday. Judge Hyde was the guest speaker at the event, sponsored by the Kilmarnock Museum. For more pictures of the event, go to RRecord.com. Photos by Lisa Hinton-Valdrighi