Ripon’s Veterans’ Day ceremonies were nestled in a park-like campus flanked by a Memorial Wall of names of those who have served from the community and the historic military museum that contains countless artifacts from all the U.S. involved wars of the past.Drawing an overflow crowd, the Monday event was sponsored jointly by the Veterans of Foreign Wars Nicholas P. Kukulika, Sr., Post 1051 and the American Legion, Clinton McCausland Post 190. American Legion post adjutant James Moore served as master of ceremonies.Uniformed and armed members of the Ripon High School JROTC Color Guard posted and retired the colors before a couple hundred in the audience of young and old alike. Father Jeff Wilson, pastor of St. Patrick’s Catholic Church gave the invocation.