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    Illinois National Guard Joins American Gold Star Families in Holiday Tree Lighting in Bloomington [Image 23 of 39]

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    Illinois National Guard Joins American Gold Star Families in Holiday Tree Lighting in Bloomington

    BLOOMINGTON-NORMAL AIRPORT, ILLINOIS, UNITED STATES

    11.17.2025

    Photo by Lt. Col. Bradford Leighton 

    Joint Force Headquarters - Illinois National Guard Public Affairs

    Gold Star parents Vonda and Kevin Rodgers of Bloomington, Ill., affix an ornament with the name of their son, U.S. Army Sgt. Joshua P. Rodgers, during the American Gold Star Families’ Fallen Heroes Tree of Honor Tree Lighting Ceremony on Monday, Nov. 17, at Central Illinois Regional Airport in Bloomington, Ill. Sgt. Rodgers who was killed April 27, 2017 fighting ISIS in the Nangarhar Province of Afghanistan. Brig. Gen. Lenny Williams, the Assistant Adjutant General – Army of the Illinois National Guard and the Commander of the Illinois Army National Guard, served as a speaker at the event.

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    Date Taken: 11.17.2025
    Date Posted: 11.26.2025 18:35
    Photo ID: 9411864
    VIRIN: 251117-A-OH563-2274
    Resolution: 3241x2521
    Size: 1.86 MB
    Location: BLOOMINGTON-NORMAL AIRPORT, ILLINOIS, US

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