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The Enterprise — Michael Koff

Crowning glory: Tables at the Legion post were set with red clothes and golden crowns. The paper crowns featured pictures of Ken Bailey as a boy and as a young soldier. The royalty theme — he sat on a jeweled throne — was inspired by Bailey being awarded a French Legion of Honor Medal in 2015. Those selected for the medal are appointed to the rank of Knight of the Legion of Honor. Francoise Hollande, then the president of France, wrote to Bailey that he was being honored “for your contribution to the liberation of our country.”