From left, Petrova Elementary fifth-grade student Charlotte Edenfield, Petrova Elementary fifth-grade student Lucy Dearborn and Bloomingdale Elementary fifth-grade student Raegan Darrah pose with their patriotic drawings at the Veterans Memorial Association in Saranac Lake on Tuesday. The students were the top three entrants in VFW Auxiliary Post 3357’s Illustrating America art contest. They each received an award for their work. First-place winner Edenfield’s drawing was forwarded to a statewide competition. (Enterprise photo — Sydney Emerson)

From left, VFW auxiliary post 3357 members Cathy Fuller, Debbie Donaldson, Leslie Bell, Cheri Fisher, Deb Trim, Gina Norton, Barb Dukett, Marie-Aymee Fisk and Barb Skiff pose with local Illustrating America art contest winners Charlotte Edenfield, Lucy Dearborn and Raegan Darrah and Saranac Lake Central School District art teacher Jen Moore at the Veterans Memorial Association in Saranac Lake on Tuesday. (Enterprise photo — Sydney Emerson)