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Local volunteers walk the grounds of Lancaster Cemetery, Dec. 18, 2020, placing holiday wreaths on the graves of veterans, as they participate in the annual Wreaths Across America. The program, which covers all of the United States as well as Puerto Rico and 24 overseas cemeteries, is held annually on the third weekend of every December and has grown to more than 2,000 cemeteries nationwide. (Photograph by Evelyn Kristo) Advertisement On Dec. 18, 2020, a holiday tradition continued at the Lancaster Cemetery, despite the current pandemic and restrictions associated with the COVID-19 situation in California. In previous years, hordes of volunteers arrive at the cemetery to place holiday wreaths on the graves of veterans’ final resting place as part of the Wreaths Across America program. ....
Students in the Junior Test Pilot Summer Program at Blackbird Airpark in Palmdale look for stealth capabilities on a display Lockheed Martin SR-71A aircraft. The two-week program at the Palmdale airpark gives local students in grades 6 through 8 an opportunity to learn about the history of the Antelope Valley’s aerospace industry, as well as introduce them to the wide variety of skilled labor available for careers in the industry. (Photograph by Evelyn Kristo) Advertisement What keeps airplanes up? That’s one of the concepts students studied if they joined the Junior Test Pilot Program, offered for the third consecutive summer this year at Blackbird Airpark on East Avenue P in Palmdale, where about 20 military aircraft including the D-21 drone and the SR-71 are on display. ....