Grace United Methodist Church pastor Robert E. Slade called for veterans in the pews to step to the altar, and two dozen men and women, including an elderly man using a walker, stood front and center Sunday. Robust recordings of “Anchors Aweigh,” then another military marches, blared through the loudspeakers. Women and girls, dressed in liturgical dance uniforms — a violet blouse and flowing white skirt — stood and waved American flags. The choir rose and lifted a soulful rendition of the “Battle Hymn of the Republic.” I noticed sunlight streaming through the rainbow-tinted windows.