AVER-Chicago President Lee Reinhart. Photo by Hal Baim

Reinhart, AVER color guard and Organized Chaos flag line. Photo by Hal Baim

AVER-Chicago co-founder and Vice President Jim Darby. Photo by Hal Baim

Stanley Jenczyk. Photo by Hal Baim

AVER members and allies with monument. Photo by Hal Baim

Lee Reinhart with the color guard. Photo by Hal Baim

Father Chris Meyer. Photo by Hal Baim

Rabbi Cindy Enger. Photo by Hal Baim

Reverend Wayne Bradley. Photo by Hal Baim

Volunteers at the ready with flags marking those veterans who have died. Photo by Hal Baim

Members of Organized Chaos. Photo by Hal Baim

Chicago Gay Men's Chorus. Photo by Hal Baim

The monument. Photo by Hal Baim

Army Major Melinda M. Rayter presents the American flag to AVER's Stanley Jenczyk. Photo by Hal Baim

Photo by Hal Baim

Rep. Bill Foster. Photo by Hal Baim

Rep. Robin Kelly. Photo by Hal Baim

Yonni Pizer. Photo by Hal Baim

Sean Baumgartner, director of Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery. Photo by Hal Baim

Organized Chaos. Photo by Hal Baim

Organized Chaos with Stanley Jenczyk at the monument. Photo by Hal Baim

Melissa Terrell performs taps. Not pictured, Sue Jones. Photo by Hal Baim

Travis, Jean Albright and Tara Buckley in the Color Guard. Photo by Hal Baim

Frontrunners members with Stanley Jenczyk. Photo by Hal Baim

Photo by Hal Baim

Darby, Reinhart, Jon Pizer LGBT Liaison (center back), Stanley J. Jenczyk and Melanie Thompson Veterans Outreach Coordinator (far right). Photo by Tracy Baim

Tod Tatsui, David L. Strzepek, Jean Albright, Stanley J. Jenczyk, Tracy Baim. Photo by Hal Baim