Tuesday was a day for tributes, tears and — in the case of one Veterans Day ceremony — some serious toe-tapping. Terrance Holeman belted out the up-tempo, but heavily patriotic “Born in the USA” (his composition, not the Bruce Springsteen tune) with his audience waving American flags and smiling during an event at Rock Creek Veterans Park in downtown Gainesville. Otherwise, community ceremonies paying homage to men and women in uniform through patriotic celebrations and ceremonies were often somber and tearful.
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