Submitted Photo This Soldiers Cross in memory of Sgt. Keith L. Smette by the North Dakota Heroes Foundation was unveiled on Sunday during a ceremony in the Makoti Park with about 300 people attending. The unveiling was held in conjunction with the Makoti Threshing Show. Smette, a North Dakota National Guard sergeant with the 957th Engineer Company, 142nd Engineer Combat Battalion, died while serving his country in Fallujah, Iraq, on Jan. 24, 2004. Photo by Hunter L. Andes.

Motorcycle riders prepare to enter Makoti on Sunday for the honoring of Sgt. Keith L. Smette. Photo by Cheryl Stein.

This artistic mural paying tribute to Sgt. Keith L. Smette was painted under the hood of a red Torino Ford belonging to Dana Peterson of Ryder and displayed in Makoti on Sunday for the honoring of Smette. Photo by Cheryl Stein.