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You can expect shoulder-to-shoulder crowds Monday during the Edmonds Veterans Plaza dedication. Dignitaries. Veterans. Veterans’ families. The curious. But long after the pomp and circumstance is over and the crowds scatter, you might spy one lone figure: Michael Reagan.

He’s one of Edmonds’ best-known personalities, known worldwide for his precise and vivid portraits, so lifelike, so representative. He started by sketching Hollywood stars, moving on to sports and even Playboy playmates.

But Reagan is best known for his Fallen Heroes Project, drawings of military men and women kille...