We attended the wreath laying ceremony at our national cemetery. It was so moving--I was in tears. Rick said we should attend every year, and he's not even American.
After the ceremony we wandered around a little bit. Oliver was fascinated by all the different religious symbols on the stones. I thought it was neat that the Civil War soldiers were mixed in with the modern day soldiers. We also found graves from the Mexican War and Spanish-American war.
I'm grateful for all the men and women who gave their lives serving our country.
Check to see if there's a national cemetery in your area.
3 comments:
I would love to go there on Memorial Day. I got misty reading this. I'm glad you guys went.
Sounds like a great place to visit for memorial day.
That would be neat to go and see.
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