Photos by Raquel Hendrickson

Maricopa’s VFW Post hosted a brief flag-raising ceremony Thursday morning for Independence Day. Ray Propst, Bruce Boenning and David Hixon raised the stars-and-stripes, and Kirk Lane delivered a message of freedom at the Maricopa Veterans Center.

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Raquel Hendrickson
Raquel, a.k.a. Rocky, is a sixth-generation Arizonan who spent her formative years in the Missouri Ozarks. After attending Temple University in Philadelphia, she earned a bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young University and has been in the newspaper business since 1990. She has been a sports editor, general-assignment reporter, business editor, arts & entertainment editor, education reporter, government reporter and managing editor. After 16 years in the Verde Valley-Sedona, she moved to Maricopa in 2014. She loves the outdoors, the arts, great books and all kinds of animals.