American Gold Star Mother Joyce Richmond of Lewiston gives Vietnam veteran Richard Banaitis of Lewiston a hug during the 2nd annual National Vietnam War Veterans Day at Veterans Memorial Park in Lewiston on Friday. Richmond gave each Vietnam veteran a hug as a “thank you” to the men and women who were not welcomed home after the war. Richmond’s daughter, Denise, served in the U.S. Air Force for 26 years before passing away in 2009. “It’s quite a sorority and nobody should be in it,” Richmond said about American Gold Star Mothers, a group whose members have lost a child in military service to their country. Sun Journal photo by Daryn Slover