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A flower on a tulip poplar tree at Veterans Memorial Park in Old Orchard Beach, as seen June 23. The tree was planted in 2007 in honor of Army Captain Christopher Cash, who died in the line of duty in Baqubah, Iraq, on June 24, 2004. Cash’s mother, Nancy Kelley, said the tree bloomed for the first time during Father’s Day weekend, June 17 and 18. LIZ GOTTHELF/Journal Tribune
A flower on a tulip poplar tree at Veterans Memorial Park in Old Orchard Beach, as seen June 23. The tree was planted in 2007 in honor of Army Captain Christopher Cash, who died in the line of duty in Baqubah, Iraq, on June 24, 2004. Cash’s mother, Nancy Kelley, said the tree bloomed for the first time during Father’s Day weekend, June 17 and 18. LIZ GOTTHELF/Journal Tribune

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