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The town of Carefree will honor military veterans with a Memorial Day tribute from 8 to 9 a.m. May 27. The tribute will be held at the Cave Creek Memorial Cemetery and feature multiple speakers and performances.

Retired U.S. Air Force Col. Deborah Lehker will be a guest speaker. Lehker was a chief nurse in Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan and Operation Iraqi Freedom. Austin Stasik, a graduating senior at Cactus Shadows High School, will also speak.

Stasik interviewed five veterans and published their stories for the nonprofit Veterans Heritage Project, which looks to catalog military experiences among those who served. The VHP wants to conduct its 3,000th interview by the end of the year.